Search criteria
1 vulnerability by morgan
CVE-2026-5078 (GCVE-0-2026-5078)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-06-03 05:56 – Updated: 2026-06-03 13:19
VLAI
Title
morgan vulnerable to Log Forging via unneutralized control characters in :remote-user
Summary
Impact: The morgan logging middleware's :remote-user token extracts the Basic auth username from the Authorization request header and writes it to the log stream without neutralizing control characters. An unauthenticated attacker can send a crafted Authorization Basic header containing CR or LF bytes to inject forged log lines, breaking the one-request-per-line structure of access logs and enabling log forgery against downstream log consumers. The built-in combined, common, default, and short formats are affected, as well as any custom format that references :remote-user. Affected versions: morgan 1.2.0 through 1.10.1. Patches: upgrade to morgan 1.11.0, which neutralizes control characters in the :remote-user token output. Workarounds: use a custom format string that does not include :remote-user.
Severity
5.3 (Medium)
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: yes
Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)
CWE
- CWE-117 - Improper Output Neutralization for Logs
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Credits
{
"containers": {
"adp": [
{
"metrics": [
{
"other": {
"content": {
"id": "CVE-2026-5078",
"options": [
{
"Exploitation": "none"
},
{
"Automatable": "yes"
},
{
"Technical Impact": "partial"
}
],
"role": "CISA Coordinator",
"timestamp": "2026-06-03T13:16:59.663217Z",
"version": "2.0.3"
},
"type": "ssvc"
}
}
],
"providerMetadata": {
"dateUpdated": "2026-06-03T13:19:32.922Z",
"orgId": "134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0",
"shortName": "CISA-ADP"
},
"title": "CISA ADP Vulnrichment"
}
],
"cna": {
"affected": [
{
"defaultStatus": "unaffected",
"packageURL": "pkg:npm/morgan",
"product": "morgan",
"vendor": "morgan",
"versions": [
{
"lessThanOrEqual": "1.10.1",
"status": "affected",
"version": "1.2.0",
"versionType": "semver"
},
{
"status": "unaffected",
"version": "1.11.0",
"versionType": "semver"
}
]
}
],
"credits": [
{
"lang": "en",
"type": "reporter",
"value": "Yuki Matsuhashi"
},
{
"lang": "en",
"type": "remediation developer",
"value": "Ulises Gasc\u00f3n"
},
{
"lang": "en",
"type": "remediation developer",
"value": "Jon Church"
}
],
"descriptions": [
{
"lang": "en",
"supportingMedia": [
{
"base64": false,
"type": "text/html",
"value": "Impact: The morgan logging middleware\u0027s :remote-user token extracts the Basic auth username from the Authorization request header and writes it to the log stream without neutralizing control characters. An unauthenticated attacker can send a crafted Authorization Basic header containing CR or LF bytes to inject forged log lines, breaking the one-request-per-line structure of access logs and enabling log forgery against downstream log consumers. The built-in combined, common, default, and short formats are affected, as well as any custom format that references :remote-user. Affected versions: morgan 1.2.0 through 1.10.1. Patches: upgrade to morgan 1.11.0, which neutralizes control characters in the :remote-user token output. Workarounds: use a custom format string that does not include :remote-user."
}
],
"value": "Impact: The morgan logging middleware\u0027s :remote-user token extracts the Basic auth username from the Authorization request header and writes it to the log stream without neutralizing control characters. An unauthenticated attacker can send a crafted Authorization Basic header containing CR or LF bytes to inject forged log lines, breaking the one-request-per-line structure of access logs and enabling log forgery against downstream log consumers. The built-in combined, common, default, and short formats are affected, as well as any custom format that references :remote-user. Affected versions: morgan 1.2.0 through 1.10.1. Patches: upgrade to morgan 1.11.0, which neutralizes control characters in the :remote-user token output. Workarounds: use a custom format string that does not include :remote-user."
}
],
"metrics": [
{
"cvssV3_1": {
"attackComplexity": "LOW",
"attackVector": "NETWORK",
"availabilityImpact": "NONE",
"baseScore": 5.3,
"baseSeverity": "MEDIUM",
"confidentialityImpact": "NONE",
"integrityImpact": "LOW",
"privilegesRequired": "NONE",
"scope": "UNCHANGED",
"userInteraction": "NONE",
"vectorString": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N",
"version": "3.1"
},
"format": "CVSS",
"scenarios": [
{
"lang": "en",
"value": "GENERAL"
}
]
}
],
"problemTypes": [
{
"descriptions": [
{
"cweId": "CWE-117",
"description": "CWE-117: Improper Output Neutralization for Logs",
"lang": "en",
"type": "CWE"
}
]
}
],
"providerMetadata": {
"dateUpdated": "2026-06-03T05:56:49.512Z",
"orgId": "ce714d77-add3-4f53-aff5-83d477b104bb",
"shortName": "openjs"
},
"references": [
{
"url": "https://github.com/expressjs/morgan/security/advisories/GHSA-4vj7-5mj6-jm8m"
},
{
"url": "https://cna.openjsf.org/security-advisories.html"
}
],
"title": "morgan vulnerable to Log Forging via unneutralized control characters in :remote-user",
"x_generator": {
"engine": "cve-kit 1.0.0"
}
}
},
"cveMetadata": {
"assignerOrgId": "ce714d77-add3-4f53-aff5-83d477b104bb",
"assignerShortName": "openjs",
"cveId": "CVE-2026-5078",
"datePublished": "2026-06-03T05:56:49.512Z",
"dateReserved": "2026-03-28T17:42:51.328Z",
"dateUpdated": "2026-06-03T13:19:32.922Z",
"state": "PUBLISHED"
},
"dataType": "CVE_RECORD",
"dataVersion": "5.2"
}