# CVE-2026-43972: gun HTTP/2 PUSH\_PROMISE authority not validated against connection origin allows cross-origin cookie injection

- Severity: CVSS 6.3 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 2.4.0
- Published: 2026-06-08 · Updated: 2026-06-08

## Affected

- gun: from 2.0.0, fixed in 2.4.0
- ninenines/gun: version range not reported

## Description

Origin Validation Error vulnerability in ninenines gun (gun_http2 module) allows cross-origin cookie injection via unvalidated HTTP/2 PUSH_PROMISE authority. In gun_http2:push_promise_frame/7, the :authority pseudo-header from an incoming PUSH_PROMISE frame is stored verbatim into the promised stream record without checking that it matches the connection's origin. When gun_http2:headers_frame/9 later processes the response headers for the promised stream, it calls gun_cookies:set_cookie_header/7 with the unvalidated server-supplied authority before any status branching and before user code can act. This violates RFC 7540 §10.6 / RFC 9113 §8.4, which require receivers to treat as a protocol error any push for a resource the server is not authoritative for. A malicious or compromised HTTP/2 server can plant cookies scoped to arbitrary third-party domains into the client's shared cookie store. This enables session fixation attacks against those domains and, if the planted cookie overrides a legitimate session token, may result in account takeover. No user interaction beyond making a normal HTTP/2 request to the attacker-controlled server is required. This issue affects gun: from 2.0.0 before 2.4.0.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on gun, ninenines/gun, upgrade to a fixed version (2.4.0) per the references below.
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## References

- https://cna.erlef.org/cves/CVE-2026-43972.html
- https://osv.dev/vulnerability/EEF-CVE-2026-43972
- https://github.com/ninenines/gun/commit/567863ff53802fed21c3b3f25812db7f7ae29676

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