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Medium · 6.5 CVE-2026-81868 EUVD-2026-81899GHSA-5mq7-rwhj-4fh9

Steeltoe: Header-forwarded client cert lacks proof of private-key possession

Published Sep 17, 2026 · Updated Sep 23, 2026 · Assigned by GitHub_M

Description

Steeltoe is an open source project that provides a collection of libraries that helps users build cloud-native applications. Prior to 4.3.0, Steeltoe.Security.Authorization.Certificate deployments using AddOrgAndSpacePolicies() and UseCertificateAuthorization() trust the public certificate supplied in the X-Client-Cert request header without proving possession of the corresponding private key. Common Cloud Foundry routers do not remove this header from inbound requests. When inbound requests are not restricted to a known trusted proxy source IP, an attacker who obtains the public certificate of an application instance in the target organization or space and can reach the application can spoof X-Client-Cert to bypass the SameOrg and SameSpace policies for the certificate validity period. This issue is fixed in version 4.3.0.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
SteeltoeOSS security-advisories < 4.3.0 —

Affected packages

EcosystemPackageAffectedFixedRecord
NuGet Steeltoe.Security.Authorization.Certificate < 4.3.0 4.3.0 GHSA-5mq7-rwhj-4fh9

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