CVE-2026-49446

Cosmos: Authentication bypass via forward-auth header smuggling on Constellation tunnel in Cosmos-Server

MEDIUM
6.1
CVSS Score
Published: September 15, 2026 at 02:31 PM UTC
Updated: September 30, 2026 at 05:51 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorCosmos-Server

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Severity
MEDIUM6.1
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.3%
SSVC
PoC

Description

Cosmos provides users the ability self-host a home server by acting as a secure gateway to your application, as well as a server manager. Prior to 0.22.19, tokenMiddleware in src/proxy/routerGen.go can return through the Constellation tunnel bypass before removing x-cosmos-user, x-cosmos-role, x-cosmos-user-role, and x-cosmos-mfa headers and before invoking AdminOnlyWithRedirect. An attacker with a valid x-cstln-auth API key for an enrolled device who reaches Cosmos through the Constellation Nebula tunnel can supply a chosen x-cosmos-user value to a route with AuthEnabled enabled when the upstream application trusts that forward-auth header. The request can bypass Cosmos JWT, password, MFA, and AdminOnly checks, allowing user impersonation and admin-tier reads or writes exposed by the proxied application. This issue is fixed in version 0.22.19.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

v < 0.22.19
Affected range stops below 0.22.19, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet, and no fixed version or vendor advisory is recorded against it.

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCPoCNot automatableTotal impact

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CVSS

6.1MEDIUMGitHub_M
Attack Vector
ADJACENT_NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
HIGH
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
NONE
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusDEFERRED
CWE
CWE-285CWE-290

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