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High · 7.8 CVE-2026-42274 EUVD-2026-28510GHSA-3q34-rx83-r6mqGO-2026-5097

Heimdall: Authorization bypass via path normalization mismatch

Published May 8, 2026 · Updated May 11, 2026 · Assigned by GitHub_M

Description

Heimdall is a cloud native Identity Aware Proxy and Access Control Decision service. Prior to version 0.17.14, Heimdall performs rule matching on the raw (non-normalized) request path, while downstream components may normalize dot-segments according to RFC 3986, Section 6.2.2.3. This discrepancy can result in heimdall authorizing a request for one path (e.g., /user/../admin, or URL-encoded variants such as /user/%2e%2e/admin or /user/%2e%2e%2fadmin. The latter would require the allow_encoded_slashes option to be set to on or no_decode.) while the downstream ultimately processes a different, normalized path (/admin). This issue has been patched in version 0.17.14.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
dadrus heimdall < 0.17.14 —

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
openSUSE Leap 16.0 govulncheck-vulndb 0.0.20260723T184607-160000.1.1 openSUSE-SU-2026:21483-1

Affected packages

EcosystemPackageAffectedFixedRecord
Go github.com/dadrus/heimdall < 0.17.14 0.17.14 GHSA-3q34-rx83-r6mq

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