# CVE-2026-61526: AdonisJS HTTP Server is vulnerable to reflected XSS through its exception handler

- Severity: CVSS 6.1 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 8.2.1, 9.1.0
- Published: 2026-07-30 · Updated: 2026-07-31

## Affected

- adonisjs http-server: from 8.0.0-next.0, fixed in 8.2.1; from 9.0.0, fixed in 9.1.0

## Description

AdonisJS HTTP Server is a package for handling HTTP requests in the AdonisJS framework. In versions 8.0.0-next.0 through 8.2.0 and 9.0.0 through 9.0.2, the error.message is interpolated into the default HTML exception response without escaping, allowing a crafted missing-route URL to execute attacker-controlled JavaScript when a victim opens it and no custom status page or JSON response handles the error. When debug mode is disabled and no custom status page handles the error, the default HTML renderer interpolates error.message directly into an HTML response. This issue is fixed in versions 8.2.1 and 9.1.0.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Apache HTTP Server, upgrade to a fixed version (8.2.1, 9.1.0) per the references below.
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## Related

- Browse: [Apache HTTP Server](https://cve.now/tech/apache-httpd.md) · [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://github.com/adonisjs/http-server/security/advisories/GHSA-cwm9-gfhc-46f6
- https://github.com/adonisjs/http-server/commit/5d7465d599753b1fce8a36da18955f2c273e4f87
- https://github.com/adonisjs/http-server/commit/71a0a8e375c375e3588ba44ef68b0ef5a993c3d3
- https://github.com/adonisjs/http-server/releases/tag/v8.2.1
- https://github.com/adonisjs/http-server/releases/tag/v9.1.0

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