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CVE-2026-6402
Published:May 12, 2026
Updated:August 04, 2026
webpack-dev-server versions up to and including 5.2.3 are vulnerable to cross-origin source code exposure when serving over a non-potentially trustworthy origin such as plain HTTP. The previous fix relied on the Sec-Fetch-Mode and Sec-Fetch-Site request headers, which browsers omit for non-trustworthy origins, allowing a malicious site to load the bundled source as a script and read it across origins. Impact: an attacker controlling a website visited by a developer running webpack-dev-server can recover the application source code when the dev server runs over HTTP at a guessable host and port. Chromium based browsers from Chrome 142 onward are not affected due to local network access restrictions. Upgrade to webpack-dev-server 5.2.4 or later, which sets Cross-Origin-Resource-Policy: same-origin on responses.
Affected Packages
https://github.com/webpack/webpack-dev-server.git (GITHUB):
Affected version(s) >=v1.7.0 <v5.2.4
Fix Suggestion:
Update to version v5.2.4
webpack-dev-server (NPM):
Affected version(s) >=0.6.0 <5.2.4
Fix Suggestion:
Update to version 5.2.4
webpack-dev-server (NPM):
Affected version(s) >=0.6.0 <5.2.4
Fix Suggestion:
Update to version 5.2.4
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CVSS v4
Base Score:
6
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Attack Requirements
NONE
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
PASSIVE
Vulnerable System Confidentiality
HIGH
Vulnerable System Integrity
NONE
Vulnerable System Availability
NONE
Subsequent System Confidentiality
NONE
Subsequent System Integrity
NONE
Subsequent System Availability
NONE
CVSS v3
Base Score:
5.3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
NONE
Availability
NONE
Weakness Type (CWE)
Exposed Dangerous Method or Function
EPSS
Base Score:
0.22