CVE-2026-30852: Caddy's vars_regexp double-expands user input, leaking env vars and files
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The vars_regexp matcher in vars.go:337 double-expands user-controlled input through the Caddy replacer. When vars_regexp matches against a placeholder like {http.request.header.X-Input}, the header value gets resolved once (expected), then passed through repl.ReplaceAll() again (the bug). This means an attacker can put {env.DATABASE_URL} or {file./etc/passwd} in a request header and the server will evaluate it, leaking environment variables, file contents, and system info.
header_regexp does NOT do this — it passes header values straight to Match(). So this is a code-level inconsistency, not intended behavior.
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