CVE-2026-14631

Vulnerability overview: CVE-2026-14631 affects webpack-dev-server up to version 5.2.5. An unauthenticated peer sending a normal HTTP request with a malformed Host header or a WebSocket upgrade to /ws with a malformed Origin header triggers an uncaught exception in the host-validation path, crashi...

CVE-2026-14631 webpack-dev-server vulnerable to denial of service via a malformed Host or Origin header

webpack-dev-server versions 5.2.5 and earlier terminate the whole Node.js process when an unauthenticated peer sends either a normal HTTP request with a malformed Host header or a WebSocket upgrade to the default /ws endpoint with a malformed Origin header. The malformed value causes an uncaught...

CVE-2026-14620 webpack-dev-server vulnerable to cross-site request forgery via internal developer endpoints

webpack-dev-server versions 5.2.5 and earlier expose two internal developer endpoints, /webpack-dev-server/open-editor and /webpack-dev-server/invalidate, that perform state-changing actions on any GET request without verifying that the request originated from the dev server's own page. Any websi...