Bug 2460449 (CVE-2026-40575) - CVE-2026-40575 oauth2-proxy: github.com/oauth2-proxy/oauth2-proxy: OAuth2 Proxy: Authentication bypass due to spoofed X-Forwarded-Uri header
Summary: CVE-2026-40575 oauth2-proxy: github.com/oauth2-proxy/oauth2-proxy: OAuth2 Pro...
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2026-40575
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Reported: 2026-04-22 00:02 UTC by OSIDB Bzimport
Modified: 2026-04-28 18:26 UTC (History)
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-04-22 00:02:12 UTC
OAuth2 Proxy is a reverse proxy that provides authentication using OAuth2 providers. Versions 7.5.0 through 7.15.1 may trust a client-supplied `X-Forwarded-Uri` header when `--reverse-proxy` is enabled and `--skip-auth-regex` or `--skip-auth-route` is configured. An attacker can spoof this header so OAuth2 Proxy evaluates authentication and skip-auth rules against a different path than the one actually sent to the upstream application. This can result in an unauthenticated remote attacker bypassing authentication and accessing protected routes without a valid session. Impacted users are deployments that run oauth2-proxy with `--reverse-proxy` enabled and configure at least one `--skip-auth-regex` or `--skip-auth-route` rule. This issue is patched in `v7.15.2`. Some workarounds are available for those who cannot upgrade immediately. Strip any client-provided `X-Forwarded-Uri` header at the reverse proxy or load balancer level; explicitly overwrite `X-Forwarded-Uri` with the actual request URI before forwarding requests to OAuth2 Proxy; restrict direct client access to OAuth2 Proxy so it can only be reached through a trusted reverse proxy; and/or remove or narrow `--skip-auth-regex` / `--skip-auth-route` rules where possible. For nginx-based deployments, ensure `X-Forwarded-Uri` is set by nginx and not passed through from the client.

Comment 5 Marco Benatto 2026-04-28 18:26:59 UTC
Public upstream commit fixing this issue:
https://github.com/oauth2-proxy/oauth2-proxy/commit/aff369dfa31ca6b8166b4e14613e8fb2d7dac88a

Present in oauth2-proxy v7.15.2:
https://github.com/oauth2-proxy/oauth2-proxy/releases/tag/v7.15.2


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