CVE-2024-57177: CouchAuth has a Server-Side Template Injection vulnerability in its email functionality

February 10, 2025 (updated December 18, 2025)

A host header injection vulnerability exists in the NPM package of perfood/couch-auth <= 0.21.2. By sending a specially crafted host header in the email change confirmation request, it is possible to trigger a SSTI which can be leveraged to run limited commands or leak server-side information.

References

github.com/advisories/GHSA-r385-c5fc-x56c
github.com/perfood/couch-auth
github.com/waristea/cve-research/tree/main/CVE-2024-57177
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-57177

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