CVE-2026-89186 json
mpp writes Payment-Receipt and Cache-Control before the wrapped application runs, letting a consumer's own Cache-Control expose paid responses to shared caches
published 2mo ago modified last mo. also EEF-CVE-2026-89186 , EUVD-2026-80254 , GHSA-82qh-vrvm-gqvc
- cvss
- 6.3
- version 4.0, CNA
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- 0.5%
- EPSS 0.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 44%
- public exploits
- 0
- none known
Summary
Use of Cache Containing Sensitive Information in ZenHive mpp allows a shared HTTP cache to store a paid response and serve it to clients that never paid.
MPP.Plug.verify_credential in lib/mpp/plug.ex sets payment-receipt and cache-control: private on the connection before the wrapped application runs, and registers no register_before_send/2 callback. Plug.Conn.put_resp_header/3 replaces an existing header, so a mounting application that sets its own cache-control on the paid resource (for example public, max-age=3600) silently overrides the private the library relies on, and a CDN or reverse proxy can then store the paid 200 together with its Payment-Receipt and serve both to unpaid clients. The library-level guarantee is therefore defeatable by the application it protects. For the same reason a downstream non-2xx response still carried Payment-Receipt, issuing a receipt for a response that delivered no resource.
This issue affects mpp: from 0.1.0 before 0.16.2.
Patch / fix
- hex mpp 0.16.2
- ZenHive mpp 0.16.2
- github.com/ZenHive/mpp@2d4d1d9 commit
- github.com/ZenHive/mpp@2fd91a5 commit
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Check with FencerCISA SSVC
- Exploitation
- none
- Automatable
- no
- Technical impact
- partial
- Assessed
- last mo.
Exploit prediction
0.52% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 44% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-11).
CVSS scores
| assigned by | version | score | vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| CNA | 4.0 | 6.3 | CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:N/SA:N |
| CNA | 4.0 | 6.3 | CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X |
Affected packages
| ecosystem | package | affected | fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| hex | mpp | >=0.1.0, <0.16.2 |
0.16.2 |
Affected products
- ZenHive mpp
Classification
- Weakness
-
- CWE-524 Use of Cache Containing Sensitive Information
References
-
github.com
/ZenHive/mpp/commit/2d4d1d94aae7790ae0623063961adbeef171fa71
related, web
-
github.com
/ZenHive/mpp/commit/2fd91a5ecbd0b0ad2a4ac202b79659e8126dbc0b
patch
-
github.com
/ZenHive/mpp/security/advisories/GHSA-82qh-vrvm-gqvc
related, vendor-advisory, advisory
-
cna.erlef.org
/cves/CVE-2026-89186.html
related, web
-
osv.dev
/vulnerability/EEF-CVE-2026-89186
related
-
hex.pm
/packages/mpp
package
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2026-89186
- NVD CVE-2026-89186
- OSV EEF-CVE-2026-89186
- Maintainer advisory GHSA-82qh-vrvm-gqvc
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