CVE-2026-5078

Impact: The morgan logging middleware's :remote-user token extracts the Basic auth username from the Authorization request header and writes it to the log stream without neutralizing control characters. An unauthenticated attacker can send a crafted Authorization Basic header containing CR or LF bytes to inject forged log lines, breaking the one-request-per-line structure of access logs and enabling log forgery against downstream log consumers. The built-in combined, common, default, and short formats are affected, as well as any custom format that references :remote-user. Affected versions: morgan 1.2.0 through 1.10.1. Patches: upgrade to morgan 1.11.0, which neutralizes control characters in the :remote-user token output. Workarounds: use a custom format string that does not include :remote-user.
Configurations

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cpe:2.3:a:morgan_project:morgan:*:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:*

History

22 Jul 2026, 19:10

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Summary
  • (es) Impacto: El token :remote-user del middleware de registro morgan extrae el nombre de usuario de autenticación Basic del encabezado de solicitud de autorización y lo escribe en el flujo de registro sin neutralizar los caracteres de control. Un atacante no autenticado puede enviar un encabezado Authorization Basic manipulado que contiene bytes CR o LF para inyectar líneas de registro falsificadas, rompiendo la estructura de una solicitud por línea de los registros de acceso y permitiendo la falsificación de registros contra los consumidores de registros posteriores. Los formatos integrados combined, common, default y short se ven afectados, así como cualquier formato personalizado que haga referencia a :remote-user. Versiones afectadas: morgan 1.2.0 hasta 1.10.1. Parches: actualizar a morgan 1.11.0, que neutraliza los caracteres de control en la salida del token :remote-user. Soluciones alternativas: usar una cadena de formato personalizada que no incluya :remote-user.

04 Jun 2026, 19:24

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References () https://cna.openjsf.org/security-advisories.html - () https://cna.openjsf.org/security-advisories.html - Third Party Advisory
References () https://github.com/expressjs/morgan/security/advisories/GHSA-4vj7-5mj6-jm8m - () https://github.com/expressjs/morgan/security/advisories/GHSA-4vj7-5mj6-jm8m - Mitigation, Vendor Advisory
CPE cpe:2.3:a:morgan_project:morgan:*:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:*
First Time Morgan Project morgan
Morgan Project

03 Jun 2026, 08:16

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New CVE

Information

Published : 2026-06-03 08:16

Updated : 2026-07-22 19:10


NVD link : CVE-2026-5078

Mitre link : CVE-2026-5078

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2026-5078


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Products Affected

morgan_project

  • morgan
CWE
CWE-117

Improper Output Neutralization for Logs