Authentication Bypass Affecting github.com/caddyserver/caddy/caddyhttp/httpserver package, versions <0.10.13


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
2.72% (85th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-GOLANG-GITHUBCOMCADDYSERVERCADDYCADDYHTTPHTTPSERVER-572375
  • published16 Jun 2020
  • disclosed16 Jun 2020
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 16 Jun 2020

CVE-2018-21246  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-287  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade github.com/caddyserver/caddy/caddyhttp/httpserver to version 0.10.13 or higher.

Overview

github.com/caddyserver/caddy/caddyhttp/httpserver is an implementation of an HTTP server on top of Caddy.

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Authentication Bypass. It mishandles TLS client authentication, as demonstrated by an authentication bypass caused by the lack of the StrictHostMatching mode.

CVSS Base Scores

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