CVE-2026-55603

HIGH

http-proxy-middleware: multipart/form-data field injection via unescaped CRLF in `fixRequestBody`

Title source: cna
STIX 2.1

Description

http-proxy-middleware is node.js http-proxy middleware. From 3.0.4 until 3.0.7 and 4.1.1, fixRequestBody() is the library's documented helper for re-emitting a request body that was already consumed by a body parser. When the outgoing Content-Type is multipart/form-data, it rebuilds the body with handlerFormDataBodyData(), which interpolates each req.body key and value directly into the multipart wire format without neutralizing CR/LF. A \r\n inside a value (or key) lets an attacker close the current part and inject an entirely new form part. Because the proxy's own body parser saw a single opaque value, any gateway-side policy or validation performed on req.body is evaluated against a different set of fields than the upstream backend ultimately parses a request/parameter desynchronization across the trust boundary. This vulnerability is fixed in 3.0.7 and 4.1.1.

References (1)

Core 1

Scores

CVSS v3 7.5
EPSS 0.0027
EPSS Percentile 18.3%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:H/A:N

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation poc
Automatable no
Technical Impact partial

Details

CWE
CWE-93
Status published
Products (3)
chimurai/http-proxy-middleware 3.0.4 - 3.0.7
chimurai/http-proxy-middleware >= 3.0.4, < 3.0.7
chimurai/http-proxy-middleware >= 4.0.0, < 4.1.1
Published Jun 22, 2026
Tracked Since Jun 23, 2026