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High · 7.5 CVE-2022-39958 EUVD-2022-42402GHSA-3m69-hv34-fc7r

Response body bypass in OWASP ModSecurity Core Rule Set via repeated HTTP Range header submission with a small byte range

Published Sep 20, 2022 · Updated Nov 3, 2025 · Assigned by NCSC.ch

Description

The OWASP ModSecurity Core Rule Set (CRS) is affected by a response body bypass to sequentially exfiltrate small and undetectable sections of data by repeatedly submitting an HTTP Range header field with a small byte range. A restricted resource, access to which would ordinarily be detected, may be exfiltrated from the backend, despite being protected by a web application firewall that uses CRS. Short subsections of a restricted resource may bypass pattern matching techniques and allow undetected access. The legacy CRS versions 3.0.x and 3.1.x are affected, as well as the currently supported versions 3.2.1 and 3.3.2. Integrators and users are advised to upgrade to 3.2.2 and 3.3.3 respectively and to configure a CRS paranoia level of 3 or higher.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
OWASP ModSecurity Core Rule Set 3.0.x, 3.1.x, unspecified – ≤ 3.2.1, unspecified – ≤ 3.3.2 —

Fixed in Linux distributions

Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian 14 modsecurity-crs 3.3.4-1 —
Debian 13 modsecurity-crs 3.3.4-1 —
Debian 12 modsecurity-crs 3.3.4-1 —
Debian 11 modsecurity-crs 3.3.4-1~deb11u1 DLA-4265-1
Debian 10 modsecurity-crs 3.2.3-0+deb10u3 DLA-3293-1
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 26.10 modsecurity-crs No fix yet —
Ubuntu 26.04 LTS modsecurity-crs No fix yet —
Ubuntu 25.10 modsecurity-crs No fix yet —
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS modsecurity-crs No fix yet —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS modsecurity-crs No fix yet —
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ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS modsecurity-crs No fix yet —
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS modsecurity-crs No fix yet —
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS modsecurity-crs No fix yet —

Advisories 3

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