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High · 8.6 CVE-2026-41690 EUVD-2026-28792GHSA-5fgg-jcpf-8jjw

Prototype pollution and path traversal in i18next-http-middleware via user-controlled language and namespace parameters

Published May 8, 2026 · Updated May 8, 2026 · Assigned by GitHub_M

Description

18next-http-middleware is a middleware to be used with Node.js web frameworks like express or Fastify and also for Deno. Versions prior to 3.9.3 allow an unauthenticated HTTP client to pollute Object.prototype in the Node.js process hosting the middleware, via two unvalidated entry points that reach internal object-key writes: getResourcesHandler and missingKeyHandler. This can break authorisation checks (if (user.isAdmin) returning true for any user), cause type-confusion DoS, and depending on downstream code it can be chained into RCE.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
i18next i18next-http-middleware < 3.9.3 —

Affected packages

EcosystemPackageAffectedFixedRecord
npm i18next-http-middleware < 3.9.3 3.9.3 GHSA-5fgg-jcpf-8jjw

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