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Critical · 9.1 CVE-2026-40575 BIT-oauth2-proxy-2026-40575BIT-oauth2-proxy-2026-76835CVE-2026-76835EUVD-2026-24557GHSA-7x63-xv5r-3p2xGO-2026-5236

OAuth2 Proxy has an Authentication Bypass via X-Forwarded-Uri Header Spoofing

Published Apr 21, 2026 · Updated Jul 15, 2026 · Assigned by GitHub_M

Description

OAuth2 Proxy is a reverse proxy that provides authentication using OAuth2 providers. Versions 7.5.0 through 7.15.1 may trust a client-supplied `X-Forwarded-Uri` header when `--reverse-proxy` is enabled and `--skip-auth-regex` or `--skip-auth-route` is configured. An attacker can spoof this header so OAuth2 Proxy evaluates authentication and skip-auth rules against a different path than the one actually sent to the upstream application. This can result in an unauthenticated remote attacker bypassing authentication and accessing protected routes without a valid session. Impacted users are deployments that run oauth2-proxy with `--reverse-proxy` enabled and configure at least one `--skip-auth-regex` or `--skip-auth-route` rule. This issue is patched in `v7.15.2`. Some workarounds are available for those who cannot upgrade immediately. Strip any client-provided `X-Forwarded-Uri` header at the reverse proxy or load balancer level; explicitly overwrite `X-Forwarded-Uri` with the actual request URI before forwarding requests to OAuth2 Proxy; restrict direct client access to OAuth2 Proxy so it can only be reached through a trusted reverse proxy; and/or remove or narrow `--skip-auth-regex` / `--skip-auth-route` rules where possible. For nginx-based deployments, ensure `X-Forwarded-Uri` is set by nginx and not passed through from the client.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
oauth2-proxy oauth2-proxy >= 7.5.0, < 7.15.2 —

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
Red Hat Hardened Images 1 oauth2-proxy 7.15.4-0.1.hum1 RHSA-2026:58471
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
openSUSE Leap 16.0 govulncheck-vulndb 0.0.20260723T184607-160000.1.1 openSUSE-SU-2026:21483-1

Affected packages

EcosystemPackageAffectedFixedRecord
Go github.com/oauth2-proxy/oauth2-proxy all versions — GO-2026-5236
Go github.com/oauth2-proxy/oauth2-proxy/v7 >= 7.5.0, < 7.15.2 7.15.2 GHSA-7x63-xv5r-3p2x

Advisories 2

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