CVE-2026-41690CWE-1321CWE-22

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

High · published May 8, 2026

CVSS v3.1
8.6
EPSS
0%
Percentile
39.3
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
8.6 · HIGH
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:L
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00466 · 39.3th percentile
Weaknesses
CWE-1321 · Improperly Controlled Modification of Object Prototype Attributes ('Prototype Pollution'); CWE-22 · Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
Published
2026-05-08T15:24Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 08 MAY 15:24Z
    Prototype pollution and path traversal in i18next-http-middleware via user-controlled language and namespace parameters
    cvelistv5