http-cache-semantics through 4.2.0 Cross-User Cache Disclosure via max-stale
At a glance
Severity
HIGH 8.7
EPSS
EPSS 0.57 % · percentile 47 (2026-10-27)
State
PUBLISHED
Published
Updated
Assigner
VulnCheck
NVD status
Deferred
Description
http-cache-semantics through 4.2.0 fails to properly validate security-zeroed cache entries when processing client max-stale directives, allowing unauthenticated attackers to retrieve cached responses belonging to other users. Attackers can request the same URL with a large max-stale value to obtain another user's Set-Cookie session credentials from shared-cache entries that were deliberately zeroed for security reasons.