CVE-2026-52845 PUBLISHED

Caddy: FastCGI header normalization bypass in `forward_auth copy_headers`

Assigner: GitHub_M
Reserved: 08.06.2026 Published: 23.06.2026 Updated: 24.06.2026

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.

Metrics

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
CVSS Score: 8.1

Product Status

Vendor caddyserver
Product caddy
Versions
  • Version < 2.11.4 is affected

References

Problem Types

  • CWE-287: Improper Authentication CWE
  • CWE-290: Authentication Bypass by Spoofing CWE
  • CWE-444: Inconsistent Interpretation of HTTP Requests ('HTTP Request/Response Smuggling') CWE