Medium, CVSS 6.6npmAmendedPublished
sse-channel: SSE Injection via unsanitized event fields
CVE-2026-44217 · GHSA-84hm-wfh8-c5pg
- Affected
- npm sse-channel <= 4.0.0
- Fixed in
- 4.0.1· Vendor fix available
- Issue
- Impact Implementations that allows user-provided values to be passed to event, retry or id fields would be susceptible to event spoofing, where an attacker could inject arbitrary messages into the stream. - Event Spoofing: Attacker can inject arbitrary SSE events into the stream - Client-side Manipulation: Injected events can trigger unintended behavior in frontend JavaScript EventSource listeners - Data Integrity: Consumers of the SSE stream cannot distinguish injected events from legitimate ones Patches Patch available in v4.0.1. Workarounds Do not allow user data to control event, retry or id fields, and if you must - sanitize the input before passing it to sse-channel, stripping any newlines. Resources https://github.com/rexxars/sse-channel/issues/42
Recommended action: Upgrade to 4.0.1 or later, then redeploy and verify.A vendor fix does not resolve your finding until you verify it in your own systems.