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Security checkOctober 08, 2026

JHipster: Generated Applications Allow Stored XSS via Unrestricted Blob ContentType Opened as Same-Origin Blob

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Description

Applications generated by generator-jhipster v9.2.0 can persist user-controlled Blob ContentType values and later use those values as the MIME type for client-side Blob objects. The shared generated openFile helper creates an object URL from the Blob and opens it in a new window.

Recommendation

Update the react-jhipster package to the latest compatible version. Followings are version details:

  • Affected version(s): <= 1.0.3
  • Patched version(s): 1.1.0

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