Bug 2491907 (CVE-2026-52845) - CVE-2026-52845 github.com/caddyserver/caddy: Caddy: Remote client can inject or override identity headers via header normalization
Summary: CVE-2026-52845 github.com/caddyserver/caddy: Caddy: Remote client can inject ...
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2026-52845
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Depends On: 2492863 2492864
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Reported: 2026-06-23 19:02 UTC by OSIDB Bzimport
Modified: 2026-06-25 11:16 UTC (History)
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-06-23 19:02:44 UTC
Caddy is an extensible server platform that uses TLS by default. Prior to 2.11.4, forward_auth copy_headers deletes the exact client-supplied identity header before copying the trusted value from the auth gateway. But when the request later goes through php_fastcgi, Caddy normalizes HTTP headers into CGI variables by replacing - with _. This lets a client send an underscore alias that survives the forward_auth delete step but becomes the same PHP/FastCGI variable. Result: a remote client can inject or sometimes override identity/group headers trusted by PHP/FastCGI applications behind Caddy. This vulnerability is fixed in 2.11.4.


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