CVE-2026-49332

HIGH

Openshift/oauth-proxy: openshift/oauth-proxy: underscore header smuggling enables identity impersonation on wsgi/php upstreams

Title source: cna
STIX 2.1

Description

A flaw was found in openshift/oauth-proxy. The proxy sets authenticated identity headers using only dash-variant keys (X-Forwarded-User) but does not strip underscore-variant keys (X_Forwarded_User) from incoming requests. WSGI and PHP frameworks normalize both variants to the same variable, allowing an authenticated low-privilege user to smuggle a forged identity that may override the legitimate authenticated identity in the upstream application.

References (2)

Core 2
Core References
Vdb Entry, X_Refsource_Redhat vdb-entry x_refsource_redhat
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-49332
Issue Tracking, X_Refsource_Redhat issue-tracking x_refsource_redhat
RHBZ#2483253
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2483253

Scores

CVSS v3 8.5
EPSS 0.0019
EPSS Percentile 9.4%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:N

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation none
Automatable no
Technical Impact partial

Details

CWE
CWE-436
Status published
Products (1)
Red Hat/Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4
Published Jul 28, 2026
Tracked Since Jul 28, 2026