Permissive Cross-domain Policy with Untrusted Domains Affecting github.com/xyproto/algernon/engine package, versions <1.17.7


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.22% (13th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-GOLANG-GITHUBCOMXYPROTOALGERNONENGINE-17117181
  • published1 Jun 2026
  • disclosed26 May 2026
  • creditDredsen

Introduced: 26 May 2026

CVE-2026-46431  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-942  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade github.com/xyproto/algernon/engine to version 1.17.7 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Permissive Cross-domain Policy with Untrusted Domains via the SSE event server process. An attacker can access sensitive live filename streams by opening a cross-origin EventSource connection from a third-party page, allowing unauthorized reading of streamed data.

CVSS Base Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1