Improper Handling of Case Sensitivity Affecting k8ssandra-client package, versions <0.9.1-r2


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on default assessment until relevant scores are available.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.31% (22nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CHAINGUARDLATEST-K8SSANDRACLIENT-19828843
  • published16 Sept 2026
  • disclosed1 Sept 2026

Introduced: 1 Sep 2026

CVE-2026-84303  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-178  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-863  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Chainguard k8ssandra-client to version 0.9.1-r2 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream k8ssandra-client package and not the k8ssandra-client package as distributed by Chainguard. See How to fix? for Chainguard relevant fixed versions and status.

gRPC-Go is the Go language implementation of gRPC. Prior to 1.83.1, the xDS RBAC HTTP filter in internal/xds/httpfilter/rbac/rbac.go does not lowercase header matcher names in normalizeHeaderMatcher even though incoming metadata keys are lowercase. A DENY policy using a mixed-case name such as X-Role or User-Agent therefore does not match and fails open, allowing requests that should be rejected. The same case mismatch permits :Scheme or Grpc-Status to evade gRFC A41 validation and prevents Host from being rewritten to :authority. This issue is fixed in version 1.83.1.

CVSS Base Scores

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