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CVE-2026-6402 (Medium) detected in webpack-dev-server-3.10.3.tgz #353

Description

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CVE-2026-6402 - Medium Severity Vulnerability

Vulnerable Library - webpack-dev-server-3.10.3.tgz

Serves a webpack app. Updates the browser on changes.

Library home page: https://registry.npmjs.org/webpack-dev-server/-/webpack-dev-server-3.10.3.tgz

Path to dependency file: /client/package.json

Path to vulnerable library: /client/node_modules/webpack-dev-server/package.json

Dependency Hierarchy:

  • react-scripts-3.4.1.tgz (Root Library)
    • webpack-dev-server-3.10.3.tgz (Vulnerable Library)

Found in HEAD commit: 82d6429ed19093dbc56c092123fe7358b66c67b7

Found in base branch: master

Vulnerability Details

webpack-dev-server versions up to and including 5.2.3 are vulnerable to cross-origin source code exposure when serving over a non-potentially trustworthy origin such as plain HTTP. The previous fix relied on the Sec-Fetch-Mode and Sec-Fetch-Site request headers, which browsers omit for non-trustworthy origins, allowing a malicious site to load the bundled source as a script and read it across origins. Impact: an attacker controlling a website visited by a developer running webpack-dev-server can recover the application source code when the dev server runs over HTTP at a guessable host and port. Chromium based browsers from Chrome 142 onward are not affected due to local network access restrictions. Upgrade to webpack-dev-server 5.2.4 or later, which sets Cross-Origin-Resource-Policy: same-origin on responses.

Publish Date: 2026-05-12

URL: CVE-2026-6402

CVSS 3 Score Details (5.3)

Base Score Metrics:

  • Exploitability Metrics:
    • Attack Vector: Network
    • Attack Complexity: High
    • Privileges Required: None
    • User Interaction: Required
    • Scope: Unchanged
  • Impact Metrics:
    • Confidentiality Impact: High
    • Integrity Impact: None
    • Availability Impact: None

For more information on CVSS3 Scores, click here.

Suggested Fix

Type: Upgrade version

Origin: GHSA-79cf-xcqc-c78w

Release Date: 2026-05-12

Fix Resolution: webpack-dev-server - 5.2.4,https://github.com/webpack/webpack-dev-server.git - v5.2.4


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