CVE-2026-41690 HIGH

CVE-2026-41690: Prototype pollution and path traversal in i18next-http-middleware via user-controlled language and namespace parameters

Vendor I18Next
Product i18next-http-middleware
Weakness CWE-22 · Path traversal
Published May 8, 2026
Last update May 8, 2026

CVSS base score

8.6/10
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Confidentiality Low
Integrity High

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:L

What the vulnerability does

01Description

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.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

May 8, 2026 CVE published
May 8, 2026 Record updated