CVE-2026-43644: podinfo: cross-site scripting vulnerability in the /echo and /api/echo endpoints
(updated )
podinfo through 6.11.2 contains a reflected cross-site scripting vulnerability in the /echo and /api/echo endpoints where the echoHandler writes request body content directly to the response without setting explicit Content-Type or X-Content-Type-Options headers. Attackers can craft cross-origin HTML pages with auto-submitting forms containing script payloads in the request body, which are served as text/html due to Go’s content type detection, allowing the reflected script to execute in the podinfo origin context when victims visit the attacker’s page.
References
- github.com/Niccolo10/Security-Advisories/blob/main/CVE-2026-43644/cve-2026-43644.md
- github.com/advisories/GHSA-q23m-vm9r-5745
- github.com/stefanprodan/podinfo/commit/cbebb20fd48588d36fc7ff3e874c128eb89692f4
- github.com/stefanprodan/podinfo/issues/474
- github.com/stefanprodan/podinfo/pull/480
- github.com/stefanprodan/podinfo/releases/tag/6.12.0
- nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-43644
- www.vulncheck.com/advisories/podinfo-reflected-xss-via-echo-endpoint
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