gin-gonic gin up to 1.8.x Request X-Forwarded-Prefix input validation

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A vulnerability was found in gin-gonic gin up to 1.8.x and classified as problematic. Impacted is an unknown function of the component Request Handler. Executing a manipulation of the argument X-Forwarded-Prefix can lead to input validation. This vulnerability is registered as CVE-2023-26125. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. No exploit is available. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in gin-gonic gin up to 1.8.x. This vulnerability affects an unknown code of the component Request Handler. The manipulation of the argument X-Forwarded-Prefix with an unknown input leads to a input validation vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-20. The product receives input or data, but it does not validate or incorrectly validates that the input has the properties that are required to process the data safely and correctly. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Versions of the package github.com/gin-gonic/gin before 1.9.0 are vulnerable to Improper Input Validation by allowing an attacker to use a specially crafted request via the X-Forwarded-Prefix header, potentially leading to cache poisoning. **Note:** Although this issue does not pose a significant threat on its own it can serve as an input vector for other more impactful vulnerabilities. However, successful exploitation may depend on the server configuration and whether the header is used in the application logic.

The weakness was published 05/04/2023. The advisory is shared for download at github.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2023-26125 since 02/20/2023. There are known technical details, but no exploit is available.

Upgrading to version 1.9.0 eliminates this vulnerability. The upgrade is hosted for download at github.com. Applying the patch fd9f98e70fb4107ee68c783482d231d35e60507b is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at github.com. The best possible mitigation is suggested to be upgrading to the latest version.

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• gin-gonic

Name

• gin

Version

• 1.0
• 1.1
• 1.2
• 1.3
• 1.4
• 1.5
• 1.6
• 1.7
• 1.8

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• open-source

Website

• Product: https://github.com/gin-gonic/gin/

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