CVE-2026-30851 (GCVE-0-2026-30851)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-03-07 16:28 – Updated: 2026-03-09 18:24
VLAI
Title
Caddy forward_auth copy_headers Does Not Strip Client-Supplied Headers, Allowing Identity Injection and Privilege Escalation
Summary
Caddy is an extensible server platform that uses TLS by default. From version 2.10.0 to before version 2.11.2, forward_auth copy_headers does not strip client-supplied headers, allowing identity injection and privilege escalation. This issue has been patched in version 2.11.2.
SSVC
Exploitation: poc Automatable: no Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2026-03-09 17:58 UTC
CWE
  • CWE-287 - Improper Authentication
  • CWE-345 - Insufficient Verification of Data Authenticity
Assigner
GitHub_M CNA under the mitre root
CNA scorecard C 72/100 over 7832 records in the last 180 days details
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
caddyserver caddy Affected: >= 2.10.0, < 2.11.2
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