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VulnerabilityPublished

CVE-2026-49353: 9router has an Incomplete Fix: Local-Only Access Gate Bypass in 9router via Host Header SpoofING

Affects 9routerSource GCVE Database

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Mentioned vulnerabilities

Not known to be exploited · CVSS 7.5 High.

Data as of 26 Oct 2026, 10:12 UTC

CVSS 3.1 base score
7.5High
How severe the flaw is on the 0–10 CVSS scale.
EPSS
0.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 26% of CVEsExploit Prediction Scoring System: the likelihood attackers will use this flaw soon.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:H/A:N

Exploitation evidence

  1. Disclosed: evidence found.

    CVE published 15 Jul 2026

  2. Detectable: no evidence on record.

    No public nuclei template indexed

  3. Weaponised: no evidence on record.

    No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB

  4. Exploited in the wild: no evidence on record.

    Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation

  5. Observed by OffSeq Mirage: no evidence on record.

    No attack traffic recorded by OffSeq Mirage sensors

A missing step is not evidence of safety. Sources: cve.org (opens in a new tab), the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 26 Oct 2026.

What to do

Affected software

ProductAffectedFixed in
npm9routerAffected
  • <=0.4.55
Fixed in–

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AI-suggested

Recommended mitigations include: (1) modifying the local-only access gate to verify the actual source IP address (e.g., using request.ip or request.socket.remoteAddress) rather than trusting Host and Origin headers; (2) replacing the deterministic CLI token with a non-deterministic, randomly generated token persisted on first run; and (3) binding MCP routes to the loopback interface at the network layer to enforce local-only access. Users should monitor vendor advisories for official fixes and apply them once available.

Description

9Router is an AI router & token saver. In 0.4.45 and earlier, 9Router's src/dashboardGuard.js local-only access gate used Host and Origin headers in isLocalRequest() to protect /api/mcp/*, /api/tunnel/*, and /api/cli-tools/*, allowing header spoofing in reverse proxy or tunnel deployments to reach MCP child process stdin paths.

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