Attack ChainAIDerived
Hypothetical attack flow derived from CVE metadata – not a confirmed exploit chain
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ReconIdentify public /_instatic/hole/ endpoint
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DeliveryCraft malicious originating-page URL for u parameter
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ExploitSend unauthenticated GET request to target nodeId
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InstallServer renders attacker-controlled route template
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C2Poisoned fragment stored in shared cache under nodeId
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ExecuteVictim users load page with that server island
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ImpactVictims receive attacker-controlled fragment content
Vulnerability Assessment
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CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A06:2025 - Insecure Design
ASVS 5.0
V4 - API and Web Service HTTP request consistency
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| Exploitation Conditions | Exploitation requires that the target application runs CoreBunch/Instatic version 0.0.14 or earlier and that the |
| Impact | The CVSS 3.1 score of 6.1 (Medium) with vector AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N accurately reflects the attack profile: no authentication or special privileges are required, the network vector is fully remote, and the Changed Scope captures the multi-victim nature of cache poisoning. UI:R indicates that impact is only realized when other users subsequently load the affected server island, which slightly reduces urgency compared to a direct-impact vulnerability. No EPSS data was provided for this CVE, and there is no CISA KEV listing, meaning active exploitation has not been confirmed by any authoritative body. No public proof-of-concept code has been identified in the provided intelligence. The primary real-world risk limiter is deployment footprint: at version 0.0.14, Instatic appears to be an early-stage or experimental library with minimal production adoption, substantially constraining the number of exploitable targets. For the subset of environments that do use Instatic and expose the |
| Exploit ScenarioDerived | An unauthenticated attacker sends a crafted HTTP GET request to |
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Alert meAnalysisAIv1 – Aug 10, 2026
Cache poisoning in CoreBunch/Instatic through version 0.0.14 allows unauthenticated remote attackers to corrupt the shared process-wide render cache by supplying a crafted originating-page URL via the u query parameter of the server island endpoint GET /_instatic/hole/<nodeId>. Because the cache is keyed solely on nodeId without incorporating the u value, a single poisoning request causes every subsequent visitor requesting that node to receive attacker-controlled fragment content. No public exploit code has been identified and no CISA KEV listing exists; the product's early-stage, niche deployment footprint limits real-world blast radius, but the unauthenticated network vector and low attack complexity make exploitation straightforward against exposed instances.
RemediationAI
No confirmed patched version is present in the available intelligence - operators must verify current fix status directly at https://github.com/CoreBunch/Instatic and upgrade to any release newer than 0.0.14 that addresses cache key construction. As an immediate compensating control, restrict access to the /_instatic/hole/ path via reverse proxy or WAF rules to prevent unauthenticated external access; this eliminates the attack surface but may break legitimate server island functionality for external users. A second mitigation is to implement cache key normalization at the application or CDN layer to incorporate the full u parameter value in the cache key, preventing cross-user cache poisoning, though this requires code-level or infrastructure changes. Disabling the shared process-wide render cache entirely removes the vulnerability at the cost of increased server-side rendering latency on every request. Input validation restricting the u parameter to an allowlist of known application page URLs would constrain the attacker's ability to inject crafted routes but requires maintaining the allowlist as application routes change.
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Source: OSV (Open Source Vulnerabilities)
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Technical ContextAI · show details
Instatic (CPE: cpe:2.3:a:corebunch:instatic:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*) is a server-side rendering library providing 'server island' functionality - independently-renderable page fragments served via a dedicated /_instatic/hole/<nodeId> HTTP endpoint. The u query parameter is intended to convey the originating-page URL so the rendering engine can resolve the correct route template frame for the island. The root cause (tagged CWE-444, Inconsistent Interpretation of HTTP Requests) manifests as a cache design flaw: the route template frame derived from the attacker-controlled u value is used to render the fragment, but the resulting output is stored in a shared, process-wide in-memory cache keyed only on nodeId. By providing a u value pointing to a crafted or attacker-controlled route, an adversary causes the server to render and cache a malicious fragment under the legitimate nodeId key. Subsequent requests for that node - from any user - are served the poisoned cached response. The tags 'Code Injection' and 'Request Smuggling' reflect that the injected u value effectively smuggles attacker-controlled routing context into the server's rendering pipeline.
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Severity by source
AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Network-accessible unauthenticated endpoint with no complexity barriers; scope change and UI:R reflect that poisoned cache harms other users, not the attacker directly.
Primary rating from Vendor (TuranSec).
CVSS VectorVendor: TuranSec
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1DescriptionCVE.org
A cache poisoning vulnerability in CoreBunch/Instatic through 0.0.14 allows an unauthenticated remote attacker to poison the shared process-wide render cache by manipulating the u query parameter of the GET /_instatic/hole/<nodeId> server island endpoint. The originating-page URL supplied in u seeds the route template frame used for rendering, and the result is stored in a shared cache keyed only on nodeId, enabling an attacker to inject a crafted route that causes all subsequent visitors to receive malformed or attacker-controlled fragment content.
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Attack Technique
HTTP request smuggling exploits inconsistencies in how front-end and back-end servers parse HTTP message boundaries.
Code injection occurs when an application accepts user input and passes it directly into a language interpreter or evaluator without proper sanitization.
EUVD-2026-55219
GHSA-9p8f-ppfj-8gc5
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