CVE-2026-118489
CachingWebClient shares user-specific HTTP responses across users via the shared cache tier
In Eclipse Vert.x versions [4.0.0,4.5.35] or [5.0.0,5.2.2], when one CachingWebClient is shared across users — the documented pattern of a per-user WebClientSession over a shared caching client — a response that is specific to one user but is cacheable and not marked private/no-store is stored in the client-level shared cache tier and served to other users requesting the same URL. A later user's session, or an anonymous caller through the same client, can receive an earlier user's response. Depending on the response this discloses authenticated content or a session cookie, the latter enabling session fixation or hijacking.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
7.5
CachingWebClient shares user-specific HTTP responses across users via the shared cache tier
In Eclipse Vert.x versions [4.0.0,4.5.35] or [5.0.0,5.2.2], when one CachingWebClient is shared across users — the documented pattern of a per-user WebClientSession over a shared caching client — a response that is specific to one user but is cacheable and not marked private/no-store is stored in the client-level shared cache tier and served to other users requesting the same URL. A later user's session, or an anonymous caller through the same client, can receive an earlier user's response. Depending on the response this discloses authenticated content or a session cookie, the latter enabling session fixation or hijacking.
- Record
CVE-2026-118489- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-200, CWE-524
- Updated
- 2026-11-03
EUVDEUVD-2026-115873
7.5
In Eclipse Vert.x versions [4.0.0,4.5.35] or [5.0.0,5.2.2], when one CachingWebClient is shared across users — the documented pattern of a per-user WebClientSession over a shared caching client — a response that is specific to one user but is cacheable and not marked private/no-store is stored in the client-level shared cache tier and served to other users requesting the same URL. A later user's session, or an anonymous caller through the same client, can receive an earlier user's response. Depending on the response this discloses authenticated content or a session cookie, the latter enabling session fixation or hijacking.
- Record
EUVD-2026-115873- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-c6p9-42vh-5r44
7.5
In Eclipse Vert.x versions [4.0.0,4.5.35] or [5.0.0,5.2.2], when one `CachingWebClient` is shared...
In Eclipse Vert.x versions [4.0.0,4.5.35] or [5.0.0,5.2.2], when one CachingWebClient is shared across users — the documented pattern of a per-user WebClientSession over a shared caching client — a response that is specific to one user but is cacheable and not marked private/no-store is stored in the client-level shared cache tier and served to other users requesting the same URL. A later user's session, or an anonymous caller through the same client, can receive an earlier user's response. Depending on the response this discloses authenticated content or a session cookie, the latter enabling session fixation or hijacking.
- Record
GHSA-c6p9-42vh-5r44- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-200
- Updated
- 2026-11-03
NVD
7.5
In Eclipse Vert.x versions [4.0.0,4.5.35] or [5.0.0,5.2.2], when one CachingWebClient is shared across users — the documented pattern of a per-user WebClientSession over a shared caching client — a response that is specific to one user but is cacheable and not marked private/no-store is stored in the client-level shared cache tier and served to other users requesting the same URL. A later user's session, or an anonymous caller through the same client, can receive an earlier user's response. Depending on the response this discloses authenticated content or a session cookie, the latter enabling session fixation or hijacking.
- Record
CVE-2026-118489- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-200, CWE-524
- Updated
- 2026-11-03
OSV
7.5
CachingWebClient shares user-specific HTTP responses across users via the shared cache tier
In Eclipse Vert.x versions [4.0.0,4.5.35] or [5.0.0,5.2.2], when one CachingWebClient is shared across users — the documented pattern of a per-user WebClientSession over a shared caching client — a response that is specific to one user but is cacheable and not marked private/no-store is stored in the client-level shared cache tier and served to other users requesting the same URL. A later user's session, or an anonymous caller through the same client, can receive an earlier user's response. Depending on the response this discloses authenticated content or a session cookie, the latter enabling session fixation or hijacking.
- Record
CVE-2026-118489- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-200, CWE-524
- Updated
- 2026-11-05
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases, references | CVE List, EUVD, NVD, OSV | |
| published | EUVD, NVD | |
| facts, published | EUVD | |
| aliases, published | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2026-118489 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.5) in Eclipse Foundation Vert.x, published November 3, 2026. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.34%, the 27th percentile. No source names a fixed version.