CVE-2026-25478
Litestar has a CORS origin allowlist bypass due to unescaped regex metacharacters in allowed origins
Description
Litestar is an Asynchronous Server Gateway Interface (ASGI) framework. Prior to 2.20.0, CORSConfig.allowed_origins_regex is constructed using a regex built from configured allowlist values and used with fullmatch() for validation. Because metacharacters are not escaped, a malicious origin can match unexpectedly. The check relies on allowed_origins_regex.fullmatch(origin). This vulnerability is fixed in 2.20.0.
INFO
Published Date :
Feb. 9, 2026, 8:15 p.m.
Last Modified :
Feb. 9, 2026, 9:55 p.m.
Remotely Exploit :
Yes !
Source :
[email protected]
Affected Products
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CVSS Scores
| Score | Version | Severity | Vector | Exploitability Score | Impact Score | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CVSS 3.1 | HIGH | [email protected] | ||||
| CVSS 3.1 | HIGH | MITRE-CVE |
Solution
- Update Litestar to version 2.20.0 or later.
- Review and update CORS configuration.
- Validate origin matching behavior.
- Deploy the updated application.
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New CVE Received by [email protected]
Feb. 09, 2026
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Description Litestar is an Asynchronous Server Gateway Interface (ASGI) framework. Prior to 2.20.0, CORSConfig.allowed_origins_regex is constructed using a regex built from configured allowlist values and used with fullmatch() for validation. Because metacharacters are not escaped, a malicious origin can match unexpectedly. The check relies on allowed_origins_regex.fullmatch(origin). This vulnerability is fixed in 2.20.0. Added CVSS V3.1 AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N Added CWE CWE-942 Added Reference https://docs.litestar.dev/2/release-notes/changelog.html#2.20.0 Added Reference https://github.com/litestar-org/litestar/commit/eb87703b309efcc0d1b087dcb12784e76b003d5a Added Reference https://github.com/litestar-org/litestar/releases/tag/v2.20.0 Added Reference https://github.com/litestar-org/litestar/security/advisories/GHSA-2p2x-hpg8-cqp2