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CVE-2026-115728 — @hapi/content

Fix: hapijs/content@0993851

CVE-2026-115728 is a CWE-1333 vulnerability in @hapi/content. A fix is available for @hapi/content — see the affected versions and patch details below.

@hapi/content 6.0.1 before 6.0.3 ReDoS via Content.disposition() Parameter Parsing

Published
Updated
Affected
1 pkg
Patched
1 / 1
Exploits
None indexed
Exploitation data as of Oct 24, 2026 · OSV.dev, NVD, FIRST.org (EPSS)

EPSS Exploitation Probability

via FIRST.org ↗
0.8%probability of exploitation in next 30 days
Lower Risk0.00%
Lower risk than most CVEs58th percentile — riskier than 58% of all scored CVEsHighest risk

Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, from FIRST.org EPSS.

Real-World Exposure

1 pkg affected

How broadly this vulnerability is actually deployed: weekly install volume shows current usage, and reverse-dependency count shows how many other packages break if it stays unpatched.

11other npm packages depend on this — each one inherits the vulnerability until it's patched upstream
@hapi/contentnpm
770Kdownloads / week

Description

All versions of @hapi/content through 6.0.0 are vulnerable to Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) via crafted HTTP header values. Three regular expressions used to parse Content-Type and Content-Disposition headers contain patterns susceptible to catastrophic backtracking. This has been fixed in v6.0.1.

Impact

Denial of Service. An unauthenticated remote attacker can cause a Node.js process to become unresponsive by sending a single HTTP request with a maliciously crafted header value.

Patches

Fixed by tightening all three regular expressions to eliminate backtracking.

Workarounds

There are no known workarounds. Upgrade to the patched version.

Affected Packages

1 total 1 fixed
EcosystemPackageVulnerable rangeFix
📦npm@hapi/contentall versions6.0.1npm install @hapi/content@6.0.1

Detection & mitigation playbook

Open-source dependency
  1. Detect

    Scan your dependency tree (package-lock.json, pnpm-lock.yaml, requirements.txt, go.sum, etc.) for @hapi/content, including transitive dependencies — a direct dependency you never call can still pull in a vulnerable version.

  2. Fix

    Update @hapi/content to 6.0.1 or later, then make sure no transitive (indirect) dependency still pins the vulnerable range — O3 confirms CVE-2026-115728 is resolved across your whole dependency graph.

  3. Workarounds

    Cap what an attacker can consume: apply request size, rate and timeout limits in front of the affected component, and run it with memory and CPU limits so exhaustion degrades one worker rather than the whole service.

Frequently Asked Questions

All versions of `@hapi/content` through 6.0.0 are vulnerable to Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) via crafted HTTP header values. Three regular expressions used to parse `Content-Type` and `Content-Disposition` headers contain patterns susceptible to catastrophic backtracking. This has been fixed in v6.0.1. ### Impact Denial of Service. An unauthenticated remote attacker can cause a Node.js process to become unresponsive by sending a single HTTP request with a maliciously crafted header value. ### Patches Fixed by tightening all three regular expressions to eliminate backtrackin
O3 Security · Impact-Aware SCA

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CVE-2026-115728: @hapi/content DoS — Fixed in 6.0.1