GitHub Advisoryadvisory · Go
GHSA-rhf7-wvw3-vjvm goshs has Cross-Origin Arbitrary File Write via Missing CSRF on PUT and Wildcard CORS
MEDIUM
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- Aliases
- CVE-2026-42091
- Ecosystem
- Go
- Packages
- github.com/patrickhener/goshs/v2, github.com/patrickhener/goshs
- Severity
- Moderate
- CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-352
- Reviewed
- 2026-04-23
Affected packages
• Go github.com/patrickhener/goshs/v2: < 2.0.2 → fixed in 2.0.2
• Go github.com/patrickhener/goshs: <= 1.1.4 (no fix yet)
Description
Summary
The PUT upload handler (`httpserver/updown.go`) lacks the CSRF token validation that was added to the POST upload handler during the GHSA-jrq5-hg6x-j6g3 fix. Combined with the unconditional `Access-Control-Allow-Origin: *` on the OPTIONS preflight handler (`httpserver/server.go`), any website can write arbitrary files to a goshs instance through the victim's browser — bypassing network isolation (e.g. localhost, internal network).
Details
Root Cause 1 — Missing CSRF on PUT (`httpserver/updown.go:19`)
When GHSA-jrq5-hg6x-j6g3 was fixed (commit `e3c3d37`), `checkCSRF()` was added to the POST `upload()` function (line 78) but not to the PUT `put()` function directly above it in the same file. This means PUT requests are accepted without any CSRF token.
```go
// POST — protected
func (fs *FileServer) upload(w http.ResponseWriter, req *http.Request) {
if !fs.checkCSRF(w, req) { return }
// ...
}
// PUT — unprotected
func (fs *FileServer) put(w http.ResponseWriter, req *http.Request) {
// No checkCSRF call
// ...
}
```
Root Cause 2 — Wildcard CORS (`httpserver/server.go:126`)
The OPTIONS handler unconditionally returns permissive CORS headers:
```go
w.Header().Set("Access-Control-Allow-Origin", "*")
w.Header().Set("Access-Control-Allow-Methods", "POST, PUT, OPTIONS")
w.Header().Set("Access-Control-Allow-Headers", "Content-Type, Authorization")
```
This allows any website's JavaScript to pass the browser's CORS preflight check and send PUT requests to the goshs server.
PoC
poc.zip
Please extract the uploaded compressed file before proceeding
1. bash poc.sh
Impact
• Arbitrary file write to the goshs webroot from any website the victim visits
• File overwrite — existing files can be silently replaced
Related
Alias · CVE (1)
- CVE-2026-42091 goshs is a SimpleHTTPServer written in Go. vulnerability
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-352 Cross-Site Request Forgery weakness
References
- https://github.com/patrickhener/goshs/security/advisories/GHSA-rhf7-wvw3-vjvm web
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-42091 advisory
- https://github.com/patrickhener/goshs/commit/0e715b94e10c3d1aa552276000f15f104dee2f32 web
- https://github.com/patrickhener/goshs package
- https://github.com/patrickhener/goshs/releases/tag/v2.0.2 web