CVE-2026-45692 (GCVE-0-2026-45692)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-06-23 17:55 – Updated: 2026-06-26 18:16
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
Caddy: Remote Admin Authorization Bypass in `/config` API via Array Index Normalization
Summary
Caddy is an extensible server platform that uses TLS by default. From 2.4.0 until 2.11.3, the authorization layer and the /config traversal layer do not agree on what object the path refers to. In this case, a path authorized for one config object is accepted, but then resolves to a different config object during traversal. This happens because the authorization layer uses string prefix matching and the /config traversal layer parses array indices numerically using strconv.Atoi(). This vulnerability is fixed in 2.11.3.
Severity
5.4 (Medium)
SSVC
Exploitation: poc
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2026-06-26 18:16 UTC
Assigner
References
1 reference
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://github.com/caddyserver/caddy/security/adv… | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
Impacted products
1 product
| Vendor | Product | Version | CPE status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| caddyserver | caddy |
Affected:
>= 2.4.0, < 2.11.3
|
guessed |
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