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CVE-2026-49456
Published:July 08, 2026
Updated:August 27, 2026
The "unstable_redirect()" helper exported from "waku/router/server" ("packages/waku/src/router/define-router.tsx:156–161") accepts an arbitrary string and reflects it unchanged into the HTTP "Location" response header with no URL validation, scheme restriction, or path-only enforcement. Any application that passes user-controlled input to this helper — the natural pattern documented in the JSDoc and official fixtures — is vulnerable to open redirect attacks. An attacker who convinces a victim to click a crafted link can silently redirect the browser to an arbitrary external domain, enabling phishing, credential harvesting, and OAuth token theft. Additionally, scheme-relative URLs ("//evil.example/") bypass naive "https?://"-only allow-list filters that developers might add as ad-hoc mitigations. Dynamic PoC confirmed against waku 1.0.0-beta.0 (commit "8e9f542") in an isolated Docker environment. Two independent dynamic runs produced identical results. ***
Affected Packages
waku (NPM):
Affected version(s) >=0.0.0 <1.0.0-beta.1
Fix Suggestion:
Update to version 1.0.0-beta.1
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CVSS v4
Base Score:
2.3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Attack Requirements
NONE
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
PASSIVE
Vulnerable System Confidentiality
NONE
Vulnerable System Integrity
LOW
Vulnerable System Availability
NONE
Subsequent System Confidentiality
NONE
Subsequent System Integrity
NONE
Subsequent System Availability
NONE
CVSS v3
Base Score:
3.1
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
LOW
Availability
NONE
Weakness Type (CWE)
URL Redirection to Untrusted Site ('Open Redirect')