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CVE-2026-42274
Heimdall is a cloud native Identity Aware Proxy and Access Control Decision service. Prior to version 0.17.14, Heimdall performs rule matching on the raw (non-normalized) request path, while downstream components may normalize dot-segments according to RFC 3986, Section 6.2.2.3. This discrepancy can result in heimdall authorizing a request for one path (e.g., /user/../admin, or URL-encoded variants such as /user/%2e%2e/admin or /user/%2e%2e%2fadmin. The latter would require the allow_encoded_sla
Known exploited
Not asserted
Disputed
No
Stale source
No
Conflicts
1
Preserved source conflicts
No provider value was silently selected as the winner.
cwe · 2 assertions
{"cweId":"CWE-436","description":"CWE-436: Interpretation Conflict","lang":"en","type":"CWE"}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5cweurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:30a59b32c27bb2df7359f627f0cb1b132292a10c501f8a7fcd3cf767379e7499 · sha256:7f10118bd23a2348… · /containers/cna/problemTypes/1/descriptions/0
{"cweId":"CWE-35","description":"CWE-35: Path Traversal: '.../...//'","lang":"en","type":"CWE"}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5cweurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:30a59b32c27bb2df7359f627f0cb1b132292a10c501f8a7fcd3cf767379e7499 · sha256:7f10118bd23a2348… · /containers/cna/problemTypes/0/descriptions/0
Affected products and versions
1 source assertion{"product":"heimdall","vendor":"dadrus","versions":[{"status":"affected","version":"< 0.17.14"}]}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5affectedurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:30a59b32c27bb2df7359f627f0cb1b132292a10c501f8a7fcd3cf767379e7499 · sha256:7f10118bd23a2348… · /containers/cna/affected/0
Provider-owned CVSS observations
1 source assertion{"metric":{"attackComplexity":"LOW","attackRequirements":"NONE","attackVector":"NETWORK","baseScore":7.8,"baseSeverity":"HIGH","privilegesRequired":"NONE","subAvailabilityImpact":"NONE","subConfidentialityImpact":"HIGH","subIntegrityImpact":"HIGH","userInteraction":"NONE","vectorString":"CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:H/SI:H/SA:N","version":"4.0","vulnAvailabilityImpact":"NONE","vulnConfidentialityImpact":"NONE","vulnIntegrityImpact":"NONE"},"metric_type":"cvssV4_0"}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5cvssurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:30a59b32c27bb2df7359f627f0cb1b132292a10c501f8a7fcd3cf767379e7499 · sha256:7f10118bd23a2348… · /containers/cna/metrics/0/cvssV4_0
CWE assertions
2 source assertions{"cweId":"CWE-436","description":"CWE-436: Interpretation Conflict","lang":"en","type":"CWE"}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5cweurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:30a59b32c27bb2df7359f627f0cb1b132292a10c501f8a7fcd3cf767379e7499 · sha256:7f10118bd23a2348… · /containers/cna/problemTypes/1/descriptions/0
{"cweId":"CWE-35","description":"CWE-35: Path Traversal: '.../...//'","lang":"en","type":"CWE"}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5cweurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:30a59b32c27bb2df7359f627f0cb1b132292a10c501f8a7fcd3cf767379e7499 · sha256:7f10118bd23a2348… · /containers/cna/problemTypes/0/descriptions/0
Source references
4 source assertions{"name":"https://github.com/dadrus/heimdall/commit/b5dfa484b7a8c2ce6d8691c026f9da867719947a","tags":["x_refsource_MISC"],"url":"https://github.com/dadrus/heimdall/commit/b5dfa484b7a8c2ce6d8691c026f9da867719947a"}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5referenceurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:30a59b32c27bb2df7359f627f0cb1b132292a10c501f8a7fcd3cf767379e7499 · sha256:7f10118bd23a2348… · /containers/cna/references/2
{"name":"https://github.com/dadrus/heimdall/pull/3209","tags":["x_refsource_MISC"],"url":"https://github.com/dadrus/heimdall/pull/3209"}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5referenceurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:30a59b32c27bb2df7359f627f0cb1b132292a10c501f8a7fcd3cf767379e7499 · sha256:7f10118bd23a2348… · /containers/cna/references/1
{"name":"https://github.com/dadrus/heimdall/releases/tag/v0.17.14","tags":["x_refsource_MISC"],"url":"https://github.com/dadrus/heimdall/releases/tag/v0.17.14"}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5referenceurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:30a59b32c27bb2df7359f627f0cb1b132292a10c501f8a7fcd3cf767379e7499 · sha256:7f10118bd23a2348… · /containers/cna/references/3
{"name":"https://github.com/dadrus/heimdall/security/advisories/GHSA-3q34-rx83-r6mq","tags":["x_refsource_CONFIRM"],"url":"https://github.com/dadrus/heimdall/security/advisories/GHSA-3q34-rx83-r6mq"}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5referenceurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:30a59b32c27bb2df7359f627f0cb1b132292a10c501f8a7fcd3cf767379e7499 · sha256:7f10118bd23a2348… · /containers/cna/references/0
Attribution and limitations
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