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GHSA-g9f6-9775-hffm Nhost Storage Affected by MIME Type Spoofing via Trusted Client Content-Type Header in Storage Upload

LOW Published 2026-03-18 Modified 2026-06-09 Official page ↗
Aliases
CVE-2026-33221
Ecosystem
Go
Packages
github.com/nhost/nhost
Severity
Low
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
Weaknesses
CWE-343, CWE-345, CWE-434
Reviewed
2026-03-18

Affected packages

• Go github.com/nhost/nhost: < 0.0.0-20260318074820-c4bd53f042d7 → fixed in 0.0.0-20260318074820-c4bd53f042d7

Description

Summary The storage service's file upload handler trusts the client-provided `Content-Type` header without performing server-side MIME type detection. This allows an attacker to upload files with an arbitrary MIME type, bypassing any MIME-type-based restrictions configured on storage buckets. Affected Component • Service: `services/storage` • File: `services/storage/controller/upload_files.go` • Function: `getMultipartFile` (lines 48-70) Root Cause In `getMultipartFile`, if the client provides a non-empty `Content-Type` header that isn't `application/octet-stream`, the function returns it as-is without performing content-based detection: ```go contentType := file.header.Header.Get("Content-Type") if contentType != "" && contentType != "application/octet-stream" { return fileContent, contentType, nil // skip detection entirely } // mimetype.DetectReader only reached if client sends no Content-Type // or sends application/octet-stream mt, err := mimetype.DetectReader(fileContent) ``` Impact Incorrect MIME type in file metadata. The MIME type stored in file metadata reflects what the client claims rather than what the file actually contains. Any system consuming this metadata (browsers, CDNs, applications) may handle the file incorrectly based on the spoofed type. Suggested Fix Always detect MIME type from file content using `mimetype.DetectReader`, ignoring the client-provided `Content-Type` header entirely.

Related

Alias · CVE (1)

  • CVE-2026-33221 Nhost is an open source Firebase alternative with GraphQL. vulnerability

Weakness · CWE (3)

  • CWE-343 Predictable Value Range from Previous Values weakness
  • CWE-345 Insufficient Verification of Data Authenticity weakness
  • CWE-434 Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type weakness

References