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Missing Origin Validation in WebSockets

CVE-2026-22689

Severity Medium
Score 6.5/10

Summary

Mailpit is an email testing tool and API for developers. Prior to version 1.28.2, the Mailpit WebSocket server is configured to accept connections from any origin. This lack of Origin header validation introduces a Cross-Site WebSocket Hijacking (CSWSH) vulnerability. An attacker can host a malicious website that, when visited by a developer running Mailpit locally, establishes a WebSocket connection to the victim's Mailpit instance (default ws://localhost:8025). This allows the attacker to intercept sensitive data such as email contents, headers, and server statistics in real-time.

  • LOW
  • NETWORK
  • NONE
  • UNCHANGED
  • REQUIRED
  • NONE
  • HIGH
  • NONE

CWE-1385 - Missing Origin Validation in WebSockets

The software uses a WebSocket, but it does not properly verify that the source of data or communication is valid.

Advisory Timeline

  • Published