Severity:

HIGH RISK

(8.1)

Header Confusion (CWE-287) in Caddy forward_auth

CVE-2026-52845

Published:

Status:

Analyzed

Summary

Affected Context

Exploit Preconditions

Why This Happens

Potential Impact

General Mitigation Guidance

How Teams Detect Issues Like This

Frequently Asked Questions

Source

NDV

Vulnerability Type

Vulnerability Type

Category:

Authentication/Authorization Bypass via Header Manipulation

CWE:

CWE-287;CWE-290;CWE-444

Impact:

Authentication and Authorization Bypass

Severity:

HIGH RISK

(8.1)

CVSS Version:

3.1

Vulnerability Type

Category:

Authentication/Authorization Bypass via Header Manipulation

CWE:

CWE-287;CWE-290;CWE-444

Impact:

Authentication and Authorization Bypass

Severity:

HIGH RISK

(8.1)

CVSS Version:

3.1

Catch This CVE While Code Is Being Written

Detect vulnerable code directly in pull requests, so CVEs are fixed before merge.