GitHub Advisoryadvisory · npm
GHSA-mx8g-39q3-5c79 webpack-dev-server vulnerable to HMR WebSocket interception via permissive user proxies
MEDIUM
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- Aliases
- CVE-2026-9595
- Ecosystem
- npm
- Packages
- webpack-dev-server
- Severity
- Moderate
- CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
- Weaknesses
- CWE-346, CWE-441
- Reviewed
- 2026-06-17
Affected packages
• npm webpack-dev-server: < 5.2.5 → fixed in 5.2.5
Description
Impact
When a user-configured proxy on `webpack-dev-server` has a broad context (e.g. `/`) and `ws: true`, it also intercepts the dev server's own HMR WebSocket and forwards it to the proxy target. This leaks the browser's cookies and `Origin` header to the backend, bypasses the dev server's Host/Origin validation, and corrupts the HMR socket (both HMR and the proxy end up writing to the same socket).
Patches
Fixed in `webpack-dev-server` 5.2.5.
Workarounds
Scope user-defined proxy `context` to specific paths instead of `/`, or omit `ws: true` from the proxy entry when WebSocket forwarding is not required.
Related
Alias · CVE (1)
- CVE-2026-9595 Impact: When a user-configured proxy on webpack-dev-server has a broad context (e.g. vulnerability
References
- https://github.com/webpack/webpack-dev-server/security/advisories/GHSA-mx8g-39q3-5c79 web
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-9595 advisory
- https://github.com/facebook/create-react-app/pull/7444 web
- https://github.com/webpack/webpack-dev-server/pull/4316 web
- https://github.com/vuejs/vue-cli/commit/72ba7505aff2a8314e82aa5082379a77504a1fcb web
- https://cna.openjsf.org/security-advisories.html web
- https://github.com/webpack/webpack-dev-server package