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GHSA-36W4-95HV-5VWG

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-06-08 15:32 – Updated: 2026-07-29 15:44

Summary

gun_http2 has an Origin Validation Error vulnerability

Details

Origin Validation Error vulnerability in ninenines gun (gun_http2 module) allows cross-origin cookie injection via unvalidated HTTP/2 PUSH_PROMISE authority.

In gun_http2:push_promise_frame/7, the :authority pseudo-header from an incoming PUSH_PROMISE frame is stored verbatim into the promised stream record without checking that it matches the connection's origin. When gun_http2:headers_frame/9 later processes the response headers for the promised stream, it calls gun_cookies:set_cookie_header/7 with the unvalidated server-supplied authority before any status branching and before user code can act. This violates RFC 7540 §10.6 / RFC 9113 §8.4, which require receivers to treat as a protocol error any push for a resource the server is not authoritative for.

A malicious or compromised HTTP/2 server can plant cookies scoped to arbitrary third-party domains into the client's shared cookie store. This enables session fixation attacks against those domains and, if the planted cookie overrides a legitimate session token, may result in account takeover. No user interaction beyond making a normal HTTP/2 request to the attacker-controlled server is required.

This issue affects gun: from 2.0.0 before 2.4.0.

Severity

6.3 (Medium)


                  
                    CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N

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  "id": "GHSA-36w4-95hv-5vwg",
  "modified": "2026-07-29T15:44:30Z",
  "published": "2026-06-08T15:32:59Z",
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CVE-2026-43972 (GCVE-0-2026-43972)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-06-08 14:12 – Updated: 2026-06-08 16:34

Title

gun HTTP/2 PUSH_PROMISE authority not validated against connection origin allows cross-origin cookie injection

Summary

Origin Validation Error vulnerability in ninenines gun (gun_http2 module) allows cross-origin cookie injection via unvalidated HTTP/2 PUSH_PROMISE authority. In gun_http2:push_promise_frame/7, the :authority pseudo-header from an incoming PUSH_PROMISE frame is stored verbatim into the promised stream record without checking that it matches the connection's origin. When gun_http2:headers_frame/9 later processes the response headers for the promised stream, it calls gun_cookies:set_cookie_header/7 with the unvalidated server-supplied authority before any status branching and before user code can act. This violates RFC 7540 §10.6 / RFC 9113 §8.4, which require receivers to treat as a protocol error any push for a resource the server is not authoritative for. A malicious or compromised HTTP/2 server can plant cookies scoped to arbitrary third-party domains into the client's shared cookie store. This enables session fixation attacks against those domains and, if the planted cookie overrides a legitimate session token, may result in account takeover. No user interaction beyond making a normal HTTP/2 request to the attacker-controlled server is required. This issue affects gun: from 2.0.0 before 2.4.0.

Severity

6.3 (Medium)


                        
                          CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N

SSVC

Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial

CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)

Decision recorded 2026-06-08 15:42 UTC

CWE

CWE-346 - Origin Validation Error

Assigner

EEF mitre root Scorecard

References

3 references

URL	Tags
https://cna.erlef.org/cves/CVE-2026-43972.html	relatedthird-party-advisory
https://osv.dev/vulnerability/EEF-CVE-2026-43972	related
https://github.com/ninenines/gun/commit/567863ff5…	patch

Impacted products

2 products

Vendor	Product	Version
ninenines	gun	Affected: 2.0.0 , < 2.4.0 (semver) cpe:2.3:a:ninenines:gun::::::::
ninenines	gun	Affected: 871989eef53663285c165fdfb83a5918ebe00d41 , < 567863ff53802fed21c3b3f25812db7f7ae29676 (git) cpe:2.3:a:ninenines:gun::::::::

Credits

Peter Ullrich Loïc Hoguin

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