CVE-2026-93751 PUBLISHED

uri-js through 4.4.1 Improper UTF-8 Decoding via pctDecChars

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

uri-js through 4.4.1 contains an improper UTF-8 decoding vulnerability in pctDecChars() that decodes invalid and overlong percent-encoded sequences into ASCII metacharacters. Attackers can craft percent-encoded payloads to bypass platform decoder validation and inject path traversal or CRLF sequences that downstream consumers process without filtering.

Metrics

CVSS Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
CVSS Score: 6.9

Product Status

Vendor garycourt
Product uri-js
Versions Default: unaffected
  • affected from 0 to 4.4.1 (incl.)

Credits

  • Wayde Shi (PayPal Cyber Security Team) reporter

References

Problem Types

  • Improper Handling of Unicode Encoding CWE