CVE-2026-48113 PUBLISHED

Chisel: ACL Bypass via Post-Handshake SSH Channel ExtraData Injection

Assigner: GitHub_M
Reserved: 20.05.2026 Published: 03.08.2026 Updated: 03.08.2026

Chisel is a TCP/UDP tunnel, transported over HTTP and secured via SSH. In versions prior to 1.11.5, authenticated clients can bypass --authfile ACL restrictions and tunnel traffic to arbitrary destinations reachable from the server. The ACL is enforced only during the initial handshake against declared remotes, but never on subsequent SSH channels that carry actual traffic. A malicious client can authenticate with a permitted remote, then open channels to any host:port it wants. This issue has been fixed in version 1.11.5.

Metrics

CVSS Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:L/VA:N/SC:H/SI:H/SA:L
CVSS Score: 8.5

Product Status

Vendor jpillora
Product chisel
Versions
  • Version < 1.11.5 is affected

References

Problem Types

  • CWE-863: Incorrect Authorization CWE