GHSA-36hh-x5p5-jgc8

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Source
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-36hh-x5p5-jgc8
Import Source
https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2026/05/GHSA-36hh-x5p5-jgc8/GHSA-36hh-x5p5-jgc8.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/GHSA-36hh-x5p5-jgc8
Aliases
  • CVE-2026-44974
Downstream
Related
Published
2026-05-27T00:37:20Z
Modified
2026-05-29T01:30:12.554750088Z
Severity
  • 7.7 (High) CVSS_V4 - CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:H/SA:N CVSS Calculator
Summary
@hapi/content header parser has a parameter smuggling issue that allows upload-filter bypass via duplicate parameters
Details

Impact

The two parsers resolved duplicates inconsistently and silently: - Content.disposition() retained the last occurrence of each parameter. - Content.type() retained the first occurrence of charset and boundary.

Either behavior creates a parameter-smuggling primitive when another component in the request-processing chain (a WAF, reverse proxy, security filter, or alternate parser) resolves duplicates the opposite way. The primary attack vector is upload filename allowlist bypass:

Content-Disposition: form-data; name="file"; filename="safe.txt"; filename="shell.php"

Patches

The issue has been patched in 6.0.2.

Workarounds

Pre or post validate headers looking for duplicates.

Resources

Database specific 
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    "github_reviewed": true,
    "github_reviewed_at": "2026-05-27T00:37:20Z",
    "nvd_published_at": null,
    "severity": "HIGH",
    "cwe_ids": [
        "CWE-436"
    ]
}
References

Affected packages

npm / @hapi/content

Package

Name
@hapi/content
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Purl
pkg:npm/%40hapi%2Fcontent

Affected ranges

Type
SEMVER
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
6.0.2

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2026/05/GHSA-36hh-x5p5-jgc8/GHSA-36hh-x5p5-jgc8.json"