hapijs Content up to 6.0.2 Content.disposition redos
| CVSS Meta Temp Score | Current Exploit Price (≈) | CTI Interest Score |
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Summary
A vulnerability was found in hapijs Content up to 6.0.2. It has been rated as problematic. Affected by this issue is the function Content.disposition. The manipulation leads to redos.
This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2026-115728. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. There is no exploit available.
Upgrading the affected component is advised.
Details
A vulnerability was found in hapijs Content up to 6.0.2. It has been rated as problematic. This issue affects the function Content.disposition. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a redos vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-1333. The product uses a regular expression with an inefficient, possibly exponential worst-case computational complexity that consumes excessive CPU cycles. Impacted is availability. The summary by CVE is:
@hapi/content from 6.0.1 before 6.0.3 contains a regular expression denial of service vulnerability in Content.disposition() caused by an incomplete fix for CVE-2026-35213. Unauthenticated remote attackers can send multipart uploads with a long Content-Disposition parameter lacking an equals sign, triggering quadratic backtracking that blocks the event loop.
The advisory is shared at github.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2026-115728 since 10/23/2026. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Technical details are known, but no exploit is available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1449.003 for this issue.
Upgrading to version 6.0.3 eliminates this vulnerability.
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Product
Vendor
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Version
Website
- Product: https://github.com/hapijs/content/
CPE 2.3
CPE 2.2
CVSSv4
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CVSSv3
VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.4VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.3
VulDB Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Temp Score: 5.1
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VulDB Reliability: 🔍
CNA Base Score: 7.5
CNA Vector (VulnCheck): 🔒
CVSSv2
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Exploiting
Class: RedosCWE: CWE-1333 / CWE-400 / CWE-404
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes
Availability: 🔒
Status: Not defined
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Threat Intelligence
Interest: 🔍Active Actors: 🔍
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Countermeasures
Recommended: UpgradeStatus: 🔍
0-Day Time: 🔒
Upgrade: Content 6.0.3
Timeline
10/23/2026 Advisory disclosed10/23/2026 CVE reserved
10/23/2026 VulDB entry created
10/23/2026 VulDB entry last update
Sources
Product: github.comAdvisory: github.com
Status: Confirmed
CVE: CVE-2026-115728 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2026-115728
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-425789
Entry
Created: 10/23/2026 15:14Changes: 10/23/2026 15:14 (76)
Complete: 🔍
Cache ID: 216::103
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