CVE-2025-70948: @perfood/couch-auth has a host header injection vulnerability

March 5, 2026 (updated March 6, 2026)

A host header injection vulnerability in the mailer component of @perfood/couch-auth v0.26.0 allows attackers to obtain reset tokens and execute an account takeover via spoofing the HTTP Host header.

References

gist.github.com/0xHunterr/38aab644874ca9f4646524c5b01cfe5e
github.com/advisories/GHSA-qw8v-34ww-6q9p
github.com/perfood/couch-auth
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-70948
www.npmjs.com/package/@perfood/couch-auth

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