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Security advisory

Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2017-20146

Usage of the CORS handler may apply improper CORS headers, allowing the requester to explicitly control the value of the Access-Control-Allow-Origin header, which bypasses the expected behavior of the Same Origin Policy.

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31 Oct 2026, 09:45 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

CVE-2017-20146

core-osv · Original source

Published 27 Dec 2022, 22:15 UTC

Usage of the CORS handler may apply improper CORS headers, allowing the requester to explicitly control the value of the Access-Control-Allow-Origin header, which bypasses the expected behavior of the Same Origin Policy.

osv:CVE-2017-20146
Complete source record
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  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-20146",
  "method": "structured",
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    "summary": "Usage of the CORS handler may apply improper CORS headers, allowing the requester to explicitly control the value of the Access-Control-Allow-Origin header, which bypasses the expected behavior of the Same Origin Policy.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2017-20146",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "critical",
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  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 379739,
  "published_at": "2022-12-27T22:15:11.07+00:00"
}