CVE-2025-14523 (GCVE-0-2025-14523)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-12-11 12:30 – Updated: 2025-12-11 15:05
VLAI?
Summary
A flaw in libsoup’s HTTP header handling allows multiple Host: headers in a request and returns the last occurrence for server-side processing. Common front proxies often honor the first Host: header, so this mismatch can cause vhost confusion where a proxy routes a request to one backend but the backend interprets it as destined for another host. This discrepancy enables request-smuggling style attacks, cache poisoning, or bypassing host-based access controls when an attacker supplies duplicate Host headers.
Severity ?
8.2 (High)
CWE
- CWE-444 - Inconsistent Interpretation of HTTP Requests ('HTTP Request/Response Smuggling')
Assigner
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Impacted products
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cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:10 |
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Credits
Red Hat would like to thank Ky0toFu and Sovereign Tech Resilience program for reporting this issue.
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