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GHSA-7X63-XV5R-3P2X

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-04-15 19:21 – Updated: 2026-07-21 13:50

Summary

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

Details

Impact

A configuration-dependent authentication bypass exists in OAuth2 Proxy.

Deployments are affected when all of the following are true:

OAuth2 Proxy is configured with --reverse-proxy
and at least one rule is defined with --skip_auth_routes or the legacy --skip-auth-regex

OAuth2 Proxy may trust a client-supplied X-Forwarded-Uri header when --reverse-proxy is enabled and --skip-auth-route or --skip-auth-regex 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.

Patches

This issue is addressed as part of the newly introduced --trusted-proxy-ip flag in v7.15.2. If you leave it unset, OAuth2 Proxy will continue to trust ALL source IPs (0.0.0.0/0) for backwards compatibility, which means a client may still be able to spoof forwarded headers. Therefore after upgrading we urge you to use the new --trusted-proxy-ip flag to set the IPs or CIDR ranges of the reverse proxies that are allowed to send X-Forwarded-* headers and furthermore implement the mitigation steps outlined below to properly configure your load balancer infrastructure.

Mitigation

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

Example nginx mitigation for the auth subrequest: ``` location /internal-auth/ { internal; # Ensure external users can't access this path

  # Make sure the OAuth2 Proxy knows where the original request came from.
  proxy_set_header Host       $host;
  proxy_set_header X-Real-IP  $remote_addr;
  # set the value to the actual $request_uri and therefore strip any user provided X-Forwarded-Uri
  proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Uri $request_uri;

  proxy_pass http://oauth2-proxy:4180/;
}

`` - Restrict direct client access to OAuth2 Proxy so it can only be reached through a trusted reverse proxy - Remove or narrow--skip-auth-route/--skip-auth-regex` rules where possible

Severity

9.1 (Critical)


                  
                    CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

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CVE-2026-40575 (GCVE-0-2026-40575)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-04-21 23:20 – Updated: 2026-07-15 01:00

Title

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

Summary

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.

Severity

9.1 (Critical)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

8.7 (High)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N

SSVC

Exploitation: none Automatable: yes Technical Impact: total

CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)

Decision recorded 2026-04-22 14:15 UTC

CWE

CWE-290 - Authentication Bypass by Spoofing

Assigner

GitHub_M mitre root Scorecard

References

4 references

URL	Tags
https://github.com/oauth2-proxy/oauth2-proxy/secu…	x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-40575	vdb-entryx_refsource_REDHAT
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2460449	issue-trackingx_refsource_REDHAT
https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/v…	x_sadp-csaf-vex

Impacted products

2 products

Vendor	Product	Version
oauth2-proxy	oauth2-proxy	Affected: >= 7.5.0, < 7.15.2
Red Hat	Red Hat Ceph Storage 9	cpe:/a:redhat:ceph_storage:9

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