In gun_http2:push_promise_frame/7, the :authority pseudo-header from an incoming PUSH_PROMISE frame is stored verbatim into the promised stream record without checking that it matches the connection's origin. When gun_http2:headers_frame/9 later processes the response headers for the promised stream, it calls gun_cookies:set_cookie_header/7 with the unvalidated server-supplied authority before any status branching and before user code can act. This violates RFC 7540 §10.6 / RFC 9113 §8.4, which require receivers to treat as a protocol error any push for a resource the server is not authoritative for.
A malicious or compromised HTTP/2 server can plant cookies scoped to arbitrary third-party domains into the client's shared cookie store. This enables session fixation attacks against those domains and, if the planted cookie overrides a legitimate session token, may result in account takeover. No user interaction beyond making a normal HTTP/2 request to the attacker-controlled server is required.
This issue affects gun: from 2.0.0 before 2.4.0.
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| Description | Origin Validation Error vulnerability in ninenines gun (gun_http2 module) allows cross-origin cookie injection via unvalidated HTTP/2 PUSH_PROMISE authority. In gun_http2:push_promise_frame/7, the :authority pseudo-header from an incoming PUSH_PROMISE frame is stored verbatim into the promised stream record without checking that it matches the connection's origin. When gun_http2:headers_frame/9 later processes the response headers for the promised stream, it calls gun_cookies:set_cookie_header/7 with the unvalidated server-supplied authority before any status branching and before user code can act. This violates RFC 7540 §10.6 / RFC 9113 §8.4, which require receivers to treat as a protocol error any push for a resource the server is not authoritative for. A malicious or compromised HTTP/2 server can plant cookies scoped to arbitrary third-party domains into the client's shared cookie store. This enables session fixation attacks against those domains and, if the planted cookie overrides a legitimate session token, may result in account takeover. No user interaction beyond making a normal HTTP/2 request to the attacker-controlled server is required. This issue affects gun: from 2.0.0 before 2.4.0. | |
| Title | gun HTTP/2 PUSH_PROMISE authority not validated against connection origin allows cross-origin cookie injection | |
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Ninenines
Ninenines gun |
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| Weaknesses | CWE-346 | |
| CPEs | cpe:2.3:a:ninenines:gun:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | |
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Ninenines
Ninenines gun |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: EEF
Published:
Updated: 2026-06-08T16:34:45.350Z
Reserved: 2026-05-04T18:23:25.574Z
Link: CVE-2026-43972
Updated: 2026-06-08T15:43:02.790Z
Status : Awaiting Analysis
Published: 2026-06-08T15:16:46.290
Modified: 2026-06-09T15:20:13.097
Link: CVE-2026-43972
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