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High · 7.6 CVE-2026-124278 EEF-CVE-2026-124278EUVD-2026-125537GHSA-xc5v-89vq-hv5m

Path bindings ignored for gRPC Content-Types on transcoded routes in elixir-grpc grpc_server

Published Nov 13, 2026 · Assigned by EEF

Description

Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key vulnerability in elixir-grpc grpc_server and grpc allows an attacker to make a handler act on a resource other than the one named in the URL of an HTTP-transcoded route, via a request with a gRPC Content-Type.

Only the transcoding clause of GRPC.Server.do_handle_request/4 (grpc_server/lib/grpc/server.ex, and lib/grpc/server.ex before the package split) applies the route's path bindings to the request message. The Cowboy handler picks that clause from the request Content-Type, not from the route. A request to a transcoded URL with application/grpc or application/grpc-web is decoded from the body alone, so every path-bound field takes its value from the body. A gateway, proxy rule or WAF that authorizes on the URL path sees one resource while the handler receives another.

This issue affects grpc_server: from 1.0.0 before 1.1.0; grpc: from 0.8.0 before 1.0.0.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
elixir-grpc grpc_server 1.0.0 – < 1.1.0 1.1.0
elixir-grpc grpc 0.8.0 – < 1.0.0 1.0.0

Affected packages

EcosystemPackageAffectedFixedRecord
Hex grpc >= 0.8.0, < 1.0.0 1.0.0 EEF-CVE-2026-124278
Hex grpc_server >= 1.0.0, < 1.1.0 1.1.0 EEF-CVE-2026-124278

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