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High · 8.9 CVE-2026-27590 EUVD-2026-8545GHSA-5r3v-vc8m-m96gGO-2026-4536

Caddy: Unicode case-folding length expansion causes incorrect split_path index (SCRIPT_NAME/PATH_INFO confusion) in FastCGI transport

Published Feb 24, 2026 · Updated Feb 27, 2026 · Assigned by GitHub_M

Description

Caddy is an extensible server platform that uses TLS by default. Prior to version 2.11.1, Caddy's FastCGI path splitting logic computes the split index on a lowercased copy of the request path and then uses that byte index to slice the original path. This is unsafe for Unicode because `strings.ToLower()` can change UTF-8 byte length for some characters. As a result, Caddy can derive an incorrect `SCRIPT_NAME`/`SCRIPT_FILENAME` and `PATH_INFO`, potentially causing a request that contains `.php` to execute a different on-disk file than intended (path confusion). In setups where an attacker can control file contents (e.g., upload features), this can lead to unintended PHP execution of non-.php files (potential RCE depending on deployment). Version 2.11.1 fixes the issue.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
caddyserver caddy < 2.11.1 —

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 caddy 2.11.2-1 —
Debian 13 caddy 2.6.2-12+deb13u1 —
Debian 12 caddy 2.6.2-5+deb12u1 —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 26.10 caddy No fix yet —
Ubuntu 25.10 caddy No fix yet —
Show 2 more (older releases, extended support, other products)
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu Pro 26.04 LTS caddy No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro 24.04 LTS caddy No fix yet —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
openSUSE Leap 16.0 govulncheck-vulndb 0.0.20260723T184607-160000.1.1 openSUSE-SU-2026:21483-1
openSUSE Leap 15.6 govulncheck-vulndb 0.0.20260226T182644-150000.1.149.1 SUSE-SU-2026:0757-1
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Alpine v3.24 caddy 2.11.1-r0 —
Alpine v3.23 caddy 2.11.2-r0 —

Affected packages

EcosystemPackageAffectedFixedRecord
Go github.com/caddyserver/caddy/v2 < 2.11.1 2.11.1 GHSA-5r3v-vc8m-m96g

Advisories 2

References