CVE-2026-122132
Full vulnerability record from the local CVENow database.
Description
go-chi chi 5.2.2 through 5.5.0 contains an open redirect vulnerability in the RedirectSlashes middleware that allows attackers to redirect victims to external hosts by embedding tab characters in request paths. Attackers can craft links with a URL-encoded tab, which browsers strip from the 301 Location header and resolve as a protocol-relative URL, bypassing the fix for CVE-2025-69725.
Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS score
5.1
(v4.0)
Vulnerability status
Deferred
Source identifier
Published
2026-11-04 21:18:08.890000
Last modified
2026-11-04 21:18:09.033000
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"id": "CVE-2026-122132",
"sourceIdentifier": "[email protected]",
"published": "2026-11-04T21:18:08.890",
"lastModified": "2026-11-04T21:18:09.033",
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}
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"affected": [
{
"source": "[email protected]",
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"url": "https://github.com/go-chi/chi",
"source": "[email protected]"
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"url": "https://github.com/go-chi/chi/blob/v5.5.0/middleware/strip.go#L41-L69",
"source": "[email protected]"
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"url": "https://github.com/go-chi/chi/pull/1238",
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"url": "https://github.com/go-chi/chi/security/advisories/GHSA-mqqf-5wvp-8fh8",
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