CVE-2026-42274 PUBLISHED

Heimdall: Authorization bypass via path normalization mismatch

Assigner: GitHub_M
Reserved: 26.04.2026 Published: 08.05.2026 Updated: 08.05.2026

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_slashes option to be set to on or no_decode.) while the downstream ultimately processes a different, normalized path (/admin). This issue has been patched in version 0.17.14.

Metrics

CVSS Vector: 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
CVSS Score: 7.8

Product Status

Vendor dadrus
Product heimdall
Versions
  • Version < 0.17.14 is affected

References

Problem Types

  • CWE-35: Path Traversal: '.../...//' CWE
  • CWE-436: Interpretation Conflict CWE