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CVE-2026-45692: Caddy: Remote Admin Authorization Bypass in `/config` API via Array Index Normalization

May 19, 2026 (updated July 20, 2026)

A remote admin client certificate restricted to the following path:

/config/apps/http/servers/srv/routes/0

can still read and modify a different array element by requesting:

/config/apps/http/servers/srv/routes/01

This happens because:

  • the authorization layer uses string prefix matching
  • the /config traversal layer parses array indices numerically using strconv.Atoi()

So:

  • authorization sees /…/01 as matching /…/0
  • traversal resolves 01 to numeric index 1
  • the request therefore targets routes[1], not routes[0]

This is not just a prefix-match quirk. It is an authorization-to-object mismatch.

References

  • github.com/advisories/GHSA-x5w9-xh9r-mvfc
  • github.com/caddyserver/caddy/security/advisories/GHSA-x5w9-xh9r-mvfc
  • nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-45692

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Affected versions

All versions starting from 2.4.0 before 2.11.3

Fixed versions

  • 2.11.3

Solution

Upgrade to version 2.11.3 or above.

Impact 5.4 MEDIUM

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N

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Weakness

  • CWE-187: Partial String Comparison
  • CWE-863: Incorrect Authorization

Source file

go/github.com/caddyserver/caddy/v2/CVE-2026-45692.yml

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