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Fencer Vulns
low 3.7

CVE-2026-118258 json

i18next-http-backend: Query-parameter injection through & and = in lng when loadPath/addPath puts {{lng}} in the query string

published 2026-10-28 11 d ago modified 2026-11-03 5 d ago also GHSA-3cmx-xjww-583x , EUVD-2026-112360

cvss
3.7
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.3%
EPSS 0.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 20%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

i18next-http-backend is a backend layer for i18next that loads translation resources in Node.js, browsers, and Deno. Prior to 4.0.4, interpolateUrl inserts unencoded language and namespace values into loadPath or addPath templates without rejecting ampersand (&), equals (=), or semicolon (;) query separators. When a template places lng or ns in the query string and an attacker controls that value, the attacker can add or override parameters on browser or server-side translation requests, potentially exposing other namespaces or tenants or changing backend behavior through the application's network position and credentials. This vulnerability is the result of an incomplete fix for CVE-2026-41691. This issue is fixed in version 4.0.4.

Patch / fix

  • npm i18next-http-backend 4.0.4

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2026-118258 updated cvss 3.7

i18next-http-backend: i18next-http-backend: Information disclosure via query parameter injection

  • Red Hat Migration Toolkit for Applications 8 mta/mta-ui-rhel9 Red Hat Multicluster Engine for Kubernetes multicluster-engine/console-mce-rhel9 Red Hat Network Observability Operator network-observability/network-observability-console-plugin-rhel9, network-observability/network-observability-console-plugin-pf4-rhel9, network-observability/network-observability-console-plugin-pf5-rhel9
    affected: no fix available “Fix deferred”
  • Red Hat OpenShift Service Mesh 3 openshift-service-mesh/kiali-rhel9, openshift-service-mesh/kiali-ossmc-rhel9, openshift-service-mesh/kiali-rhel9-operator, openshift-service-mesh/kiali-operator-bundle
    affected: no fix available, no fix planned “Out of support scope”
  • Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2 rhacm2/console-rhel9 Red Hat AMQ Broker 7 amq-broker-bin.zip 7.14.1.CR3, amq-broker-maven-repository.zip 7.14.1.CR3
    affected: no fix available “Fix deferred”
  • Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2 automation-controller 4.5.37-1.el8ap, automation-platform-ui 2.6.15-1.el9ap, automation-gateway 2.5.20260923-1.el9ap, ansible-automation-platform-26/gateway-rhel9, ansible-automation-platform-27/gateway-rhel9, ansible-automation-platform-24/lightspeed-rhel8, +1 more
    affected: no fix available, no fix planned “Out of support scope”
  • Red Hat Data Grid 8 redhat-datagrid-maven-repository.zip 8.6.1.CR1
    affected: no fix available “Fix deferred”
  • Red Hat Edge Manager 1 rhem/flightctl-ui-rhel9, rhem/flightctl-ui-rhel10, rhem/flightctl-ui-ocp-rhel9, rhem/flightctl-ui-ocp-rhel10
    affected: no fix planned “Out of support scope”
  • Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4 openshift4/ose-console, openshift4/ose-console-rhel9, openshift4/ose-monitoring-plugin-rhel8, openshift4/ose-monitoring-plugin-rhel9 Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 5 openshift5/ose-console-rhel9, openshift5/ose-monitoring-plugin-rhel9
    affected: no fix available “Fix deferred”

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
Proof of concept is public
Automatable
no
Technical impact
partial
Assessed
5 d ago

Exploit prediction

0.28% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 20% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • github.com https://github.com/i18next/i18next-http-backend/security/advisories/GHSA-3cmx-xjww-583x referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.1 3.7 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
GitHub 3.1 3.7 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
npm i18next-http-backend
<4.0.4
4.0.4

Affected products

  • i18next i18next-http-backend

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-74 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements in Output Used by a Downstream Component

References

Sources

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