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CVE-2026-5078: morgan vulnerable to Log Forging via unneutralized control characters in :remote-user

July 10, 2026

Morgan’s :remote-user token extracts the Basic auth username from the Authorization header and writes it to the log stream without neutralizing control characters. An attacker can send a crafted Authorization: Basic header containing CR/LF characters to inject forged log lines, corrupting the one-request-per-line structure of access logs.

The built-in combined, common, default, and short formats are affected, as well as any custom format that includes :remote-user.

References

  • cna.openjsf.org/security-advisories.html
  • github.com/advisories/GHSA-4vj7-5mj6-jm8m
  • github.com/expressjs/morgan/security/advisories/GHSA-4vj7-5mj6-jm8m
  • nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-5078

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Affected versions

All versions starting from 1.2.0 before 1.11.0

Fixed versions

  • 1.11.0

Solution

Upgrade to version 1.11.0 or above.

Impact 5.3 MEDIUM

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

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Weakness

  • CWE-117: Improper Output Neutralization for Logs

Source file

npm/morgan/CVE-2026-5078.yml

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