Versions of the package tough-cookie before 4.1.3 are vulnerable to Prototype Pollution due to improper handling of Cookies when using CookieJar in rejectPublicSuffixes=false mode. This issue arises from the manner in which the objects are initialized.
CVE-2023-26136
This medium-severity CVE scores 6.5 under NVD CVSS v3. EPSS exploit probability: 6.2%, top 9% of all CVEs by exploit prediction. GitHub Security Advisory data not yet ingested — confidence will rise once GHSA publishes (typical lag: hours to days for open-source ecosystem CVEs; never for infrastructure-only CVEs).
- Lower severity and no public exploit yet
A fix is available — apply it.
- CVSS v3
- 6.5
- EG Score
- 6.5(medium)
- EPSS
- 83.1%
- KEV
- Not listed
Published
July 1, 2023
Last Modified
November 21, 2024
References (16)
- report@snykhttps://github.com/salesforce/tough-cookie/commit/12d474791bb856004e858fdb1c47b7608d09cf6e
- report@snykhttps://github.com/salesforce/tough-cookie/issues/282
- report@snykhttps://github.com/salesforce/tough-cookie/releases/tag/v4.1.3
- report@snykhttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/07/msg00010.html
- report@snykhttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/3HUE6ZR5SL73KHL7XUPAOEL6SB7HUDT2/
- report@snykhttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/6PVVPNSAGSDS63HQ74PJ7MZ3MU5IYNVZ/
- report@snykhttps://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240621-0006/
- report@snykhttps://security.snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JS-TOUGHCOOKIE-5672873
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/salesforce/tough-cookie/commit/12d474791bb856004e858fdb1c47b7608d09cf6e
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/salesforce/tough-cookie/issues/282
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/salesforce/tough-cookie/releases/tag/v4.1.3
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/07/msg00010.html
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/3HUE6ZR5SL73KHL7XUPAOEL6SB7HUDT2/
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/6PVVPNSAGSDS63HQ74PJ7MZ3MU5IYNVZ/
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240621-0006/
Vendor Advisories for CVE-2023-26136(7)
These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.
- RHSA-2025:0323Red Hat Product SecurityMedium
Red Hat Security Advisory: Red Hat OpenShift Data Foundation 4.14.13 Bug Fix Update
- RHSA-2025:0164Red Hat Product SecurityMedium
Red Hat Security Advisory: Red Hat OpenShift Data Foundation 4.15.9 Bug Fix Update
- RHSA-2025:0082Red Hat Product SecurityHigh
Red Hat Security Advisory: Red Hat OpenShift Data Foundation 4.16.5 Bug Fix Update
- RHSA-2024:8676Red Hat Product SecurityHigh
Red Hat Security Advisory: Red Hat OpenShift Data Foundation 4.17.0 Security, Enhancement, & Bug Fix Update
- RHSA-2023:5006Red Hat Product SecurityHigh
Red Hat Security Advisory: OpenShift Container Platform 4.14.0 bug fix and security update
- RHSA-2023:5542Red Hat Product SecurityHigh
Red Hat Security Advisory: Logging Subsystem 5.5.17 - Red Hat OpenShift security update
- RHSA-2023:5541Red Hat Product SecurityHigh
Red Hat Security Advisory: Logging Subsystem 5.6.12 - Red Hat OpenShift security update
Patch Availability(13)
| Vendor / Ecosystem | Fixed in / Patch | Released | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| redhat | odf4/odf-multicluster-console-rhel9:v4.14.13-3 | 2025-01-15 | redhat |
| redhat | odf4/odf-multicluster-console-rhel9:v4.15.9-1 | 2025-01-09 | redhat |
| redhat | odf4/odf-multicluster-console-rhel9:v4.16.5-2 | 2025-01-08 | redhat |
| redhat | odf4/odf-multicluster-console-rhel9:v4.17.0-53 | 2024-10-30 | redhat |
| redhat | rhmtc/openshift-migration-ui-rhel8:v1.8.2-2 | 2023-11-15 | redhat |
| redhat | openshift4/ose-monitoring-plugin-rhel8:v4.14.0-202310201027.p0.g8757197.assembly.stream | 2023-10-31 | redhat |
| redhat | openshift-logging/logging-view-plugin-rhel8:v5.5.17-6 | 2023-10-24 | redhat |
| redhat | openshift-logging/logging-view-plugin-rhel8:v5.6.12-8 | 2023-10-20 | redhat |
| redhat | eap7-wildfly-elytron-0:1.15.20-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el8eap | 2023-10-06 | redhat |
| redhat | eap7-wildfly-elytron-0:1.15.20-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el9eap | 2023-10-06 | redhat |
| redhat | eap7-wildfly-elytron-0:1.15.20-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el7eap | 2023-10-05 | redhat |
| redhat | tough-cookie | 2023-10-05 | redhat |
| redhat | openshift-logging/logging-view-plugin-rhel8:v5.7.3-6 | 2023-07-12 | redhat |
Patches are aggregated from vendor advisories (Red Hat, Microsoft, Cisco, GitHub) and package ecosystems (OSV, GHSA). Multiple rows for the same upstream release have been deduplicated.
Affected Packages
(1 across 1 ecosystem)
npm(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fixed in | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| tough-cookie | — | 4.1.3 | — |
Weakness Classification(1)
MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.
Additional Vendor Advisories
(6)
Vendors that published advisories for this CVE beyond the curated set above. Broader coverage but minimal per-row detail — click through for the original advisory.
- Red HatRHSA-2023:3998MODERATE2023-07-01
RHSA-2023:3998 — Moderate
- Red HatRHSA-2023:5484MODERATE2023-07-01
RHSA-2023:5484 — Moderate
- Red HatRHSA-2023:5485MODERATE2023-07-01
RHSA-2023:5485 — Moderate
- Red HatRHSA-2023:5486MODERATE2023-07-01
RHSA-2023:5486 — Moderate
- Red HatRHSA-2023:5488MODERATE2023-07-01
RHSA-2023:5488 — Moderate
- Red HatRHSA-2023:7222MODERATE2023-07-01
RHSA-2023:7222 — Moderate
Data Freshness Timeline
(refreshed 9× in last 7d / 42× in last 30d)
Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.
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- 2026-05-24 22:09 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-05-24 22:09 UTCVendor advisory
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