CVE-2026-93748 PUBLISHED

http-cache-semantics through 4.2.0 Cross-User Cache Disclosure via max-stale

Assigner: VulnCheck
Reserved: 18.09.2026 Published: 18.09.2026 Updated: 18.09.2026

http-cache-semantics through 4.2.0 fails to properly validate security-zeroed cache entries when processing client max-stale directives, allowing unauthenticated attackers to retrieve cached responses belonging to other users. Attackers can request the same URL with a large max-stale value to obtain another user's Set-Cookie session credentials from shared-cache entries that were deliberately zeroed for security reasons.

Metrics

CVSS Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
CVSS Score: 8.7

Product Status

Vendor kornelski
Product http-cache-semantics
Versions Default: unaffected
  • affected from 0 to 4.2.0 (incl.)

Credits

  • Wayde Shi (PayPal Cyber Security Team) reporter

References

Problem Types

  • Use of Cache Containing Sensitive Information CWE