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GHSA-36XV-JGW5-4Q75

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-04-06 17:59 – Updated: 2026-04-24 20:46

Summary

@nestjs/core Improperly Neutralizes Special Elements in Output Used by a Downstream Component ('Injection')

Details

Impact

What kind of vulnerability is it? Who is impacted?

SseStream._transform() interpolates message.type and message.id directly into Server-Sent Events text protocol output without sanitizing newline characters (\r, \n). Since the SSE protocol treats both \r and \n as field delimiters and \n\n as event boundaries, an attacker who can influence these fields through upstream data sources can inject arbitrary SSE events, spoof event types, and corrupt reconnection state. Spring Framework's own security patch (6e97587) validates these same fields (id, event) for the same reason.

Actual impact:

Event spoofing: Attacker forges SSE events with arbitrary event: types, causing client-side EventSource.addEventListener() callbacks to fire for wrong event types.
Data injection: Attacker injects arbitrary data: payloads, potentially triggering XSS if the client renders SSE data as HTML without sanitization.
Reconnection corruption: Attacker injects id: fields, corrupting the Last-Event-ID header on reconnection, causing the client to miss or replay events.
Attack precondition: Requires the developer to map user-influenced data to the type or id fields of SSE messages. Direct HTTP request input does not reach these fields without developer code bridging the gap.

Patches

Has the problem been patched? What versions should users upgrade to?

Patched in @nestjs/core@11.1.18

Severity

6.1 (Medium)


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

6.3 (Medium)


                  
                    CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:L/SA:N

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              "introduced": "0"
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  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2026-35515"
  ],
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    "cwe_ids": [
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    ],
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    "github_reviewed_at": "2026-04-06T17:59:51Z",
    "nvd_published_at": "2026-04-07T16:16:27Z",
    "severity": "MODERATE"
  },
  "details": "### Impact\n_What kind of vulnerability is it? Who is impacted?_\n\n[`SseStream._transform()`](https://github.com/nestjs/nest/blob/dea5279ef8fcb568de158003e4281759a2cd7675/packages/core/router/sse-stream.ts) interpolates `message.type` and `message.id` directly into Server-Sent Events text protocol output without sanitizing newline characters (`\\r`, `\\n`). Since the SSE protocol treats both `\\r` and `\\n` as field delimiters and `\\n\\n` as event boundaries, an attacker who can influence these fields through upstream data sources can inject arbitrary SSE events, spoof event types, and corrupt reconnection state. Spring Framework\u0027s own security patch ([6e97587](https://github.com/spring-projects/spring-framework/commit/6e9758700a4946be1dca85ca937ef2603e291301)) validates these same fields (`id`, `event`) for the same reason.\n\nActual impact:\n\n- **Event spoofing**: Attacker forges SSE events with arbitrary `event:` types, causing client-side `EventSource.addEventListener()` callbacks to fire for wrong event types.\n- **Data injection**: Attacker injects arbitrary `data:` payloads, potentially triggering XSS if the client renders SSE data as HTML without sanitization.\n- **Reconnection corruption**: Attacker injects `id:` fields, corrupting the `Last-Event-ID` header on reconnection, causing the client to miss or replay events.\n- **Attack precondition**: Requires the developer to map user-influenced data to the `type` or `id` fields of SSE messages. Direct HTTP request input does not reach these fields without developer code bridging the gap.\n-\n### Patches\n_Has the problem been patched? What versions should users upgrade to?_\n\nPatched in `@nestjs/core@11.1.18`",
  "id": "GHSA-36xv-jgw5-4q75",
  "modified": "2026-04-24T20:46:22Z",
  "published": "2026-04-06T17:59:51Z",
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    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/nestjs/nest/security/advisories/GHSA-36xv-jgw5-4q75"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-35515"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/nestjs/nest/pull/16686"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/nestjs/nest/commit/83558ae774a990a7916141d3abe0b6548ff3a8b2"
    },
    {
      "type": "PACKAGE",
      "url": "https://github.com/nestjs/nest"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/nestjs/nest/releases/tag/v11.1.18"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:L",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    },
    {
      "score": "CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:L/SA:N",
      "type": "CVSS_V4"
    }
  ],
  "summary": "@nestjs/core Improperly Neutralizes Special Elements in Output Used by a Downstream Component (\u0027Injection\u0027)"
}

CVE-2026-35515 (GCVE-0-2026-35515)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-04-07 15:06 – Updated: 2026-04-07 15:58

Title

@nestjs/core Improperly Neutralizes Special Elements in Output Used by a Downstream Component ('Injection')

Summary

Nest is a framework for building scalable Node.js server-side applications. Prior to 11.1.18, SseStream._transform() interpolates message.type and message.id directly into Server-Sent Events text protocol output without sanitizing newline characters (\r, \n). Since the SSE protocol treats both \r and \n as field delimiters and \n\n as event boundaries, an attacker who can influence these fields through upstream data sources can inject arbitrary SSE events, spoof event types, and corrupt reconnection state. This vulnerability is fixed in 11.1.18.

Severity

6.3 (Medium)


                        
                          CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:L/SA:N

SSVC

Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial

CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)

Decision recorded 2026-04-07 15:48 UTC

CWE

CWE-74 - Improper Neutralization of Special Elements in Output Used by a Downstream Component ('Injection')

Assigner

GitHub_M CNA under the mitre root

CNA scorecard C 72/100 over 7712 records in the last 180 days details

References

1 reference

URL	Tags
https://github.com/nestjs/nest/security/advisorie…	x_refsource_CONFIRM

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
nestjs	nest	Affected: < 11.1.18

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