Description
nosurf is cross-site request forgery (CSRF) protection middleware for Go. A vulnerability in versions prior to 1.2.0 allows an attacker who controls content on the target site, or on a subdomain of the target site (either via XSS, or otherwise) to bypass CSRF checks and issue requests on user's behalf. Due to misuse of the Go `net/http` library, nosurf categorizes all incoming requests as plain-text HTTP requests, in which case the `Referer` header is not checked to have the same origin as the target webpage. If the attacker has control over HTML contents on either the target website (e.g. `example.com`), or on a website hosted on a subdomain of the target (e.g. `attacker.example.com`), they will also be able to manipulate cookies set for the target website. By acquiring the secret CSRF token from the cookie, or overriding the cookie with a new token known to the attacker, `attacker.example.com` is able to craft cross-site requests to `example.com`. A patch for the issue was released in nosurf 1.2.0. In lieu of upgrading to a patched version of nosurf, users may additionally use another HTTP middleware to ensure that a non-safe HTTP request is coming from the same origin (e.g. by requiring a `Sec-Fetch-Site: same-origin` header in the request).
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| justinas | nosurf | < 1.2.0 | — |
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.
openSUSE
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| openSUSE Tumbleweed | govulncheck-vulndb | 0.0.20250515T200012-1.1 | openSUSE-SU-2025:15135-1 |
Public exploits
Exploit or proof-of-concept code for this vulnerability is publicly available, which lowers the bar for attackers. Treat it as a reason to patch sooner.
GitHub 1 repository
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justinas/nosurf-cve-2025-46721 ★ 0 · Apr 30, 2025
Sources: PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB — updated daily. Only links are listed; no exploit code is hosted here.
Affected packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Affected | Fixed | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Go | github.com/justinas/nosurf | < 1.2.0 | 1.2.0 | GHSA-w9hf-35q4-vcjw |
Advisories 1
- openSUSE-SU-2025:15135-1 govulncheck-vulndb-0.0.20250515T200012-1.1 on GA media SUSE / openSUSE Security Updates · Feb 5, 2026
References
- https://github.com/justinas/nosurf/security/advisories/GHSA-w9hf-35q4-vcjw
- https://github.com/justinas/nosurf/commit/ec9bb776d8e5ba9e906b6eb70428f4e7b009feee
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-rq77-p4h8-4crw
- https://github.com/justinas/nosurf-cve-2025-46721
- https://github.com/justinas/nosurf/releases/tag/v1.2.0