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.
Metrics
Affected Vendors & Products
References
History
Mon, 08 Jun 2026 14:30:00 +0000
| Type | Values Removed | Values Added |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
| First Time appeared |
Ninenines
Ninenines gun |
|
| Weaknesses | CWE-346 | |
| CPEs | cpe:2.3:a:ninenines:gun:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | |
| Vendors & Products |
Ninenines
Ninenines gun |
|
| References |
| |
| Metrics |
cvssV4_0
|
Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: EEF
Published:
Updated: 2026-06-08T14:15:56.058Z
Reserved: 2026-05-04T18:23:25.574Z
Link: CVE-2026-43972
No data.
Status : Received
Published: 2026-06-08T15:16:46.290
Modified: 2026-06-08T15:16:46.290
Link: CVE-2026-43972
No data.
OpenCVE Enrichment
Updated: 2026-06-08T15:30:27Z