GHSA-9m9c-vpv5-9g85
Feathers exposes internal headers via unencrypted session cookie
Quick fix
GHSA-9m9c-vpv5-9g85 — @feathersjs/authentication-oauth: upgrade to the fixed version with the command below.
npm install @feathersjs/authentication-oauth@5.0.40Details
All HTTP request headers are stored in the session cookie, which is signed but not encrypted, exposing internal proxy/gateway headers to clients.
The OAuth service stores the complete headers object in the session: ```javascript // https://github.com/feathersjs/feathers/blob/dove/packages/authentication-oauth/src/service.ts#L173 session.headers = headers; ```
The session is persisted using `cookie-session`, which base64-encodes the data. While the cookie is signed to prevent tampering, the contents are readable by anyone by simply decoding the base64 value.
Under specific deployment configurations (e.g., behind reverse proxies or API gateways), this can lead to exposure of sensitive internal infrastructure details such as API keys, service tokens, and internal IP addresses.
**Credits**: Abdelwahed Madani Yousfi (@vvxhid) / Edoardo Geraci (@b0-n0-b0) / Thomas Rinsma (@ThomasRinsma) From Codean Labs.
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Affected packages
0Fixed in: 5.0.40npm install @feathersjs/authentication-oauth@5.0.40References
- https://github.com/feathersjs/feathers/security/advisories/GHSA-9m9c-vpv5-9g85[WEB]
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-27193[ADVISORY]
- https://github.com/feathersjs/feathers/commit/ee19a0ae9bc2ebf23b1fe598a1f7361981b65401[WEB]
- https://github.com/feathersjs/feathers[PACKAGE]
- https://github.com/feathersjs/feathers/releases/tag/v5.0.40[WEB]