GHSA-7rh7-c77v-6434

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Source
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-7rh7-c77v-6434
Import Source
https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2025/07/GHSA-7rh7-c77v-6434/GHSA-7rh7-c77v-6434.json
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Published
2025-07-30T19:41:07Z
Modified
2025-08-01T06:59:36.199552Z
Severity
  • 9.1 (Critical) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N CVSS Calculator
Summary
OAuth2-Proxy has authentication bypass in oauth2-proxy skip_auth_routes due to Query Parameter inclusion
Details

Impact

This vulnerability affects oauth2-proxy deployments using the skip_auth_routes configuration option with regex patterns. The vulnerability allows attackers to bypass authentication by crafting URLs with query parameters that satisfy the configured regex patterns, potentially gaining unauthorized access to protected resources.

The issue stems from skip_auth_routes matching against the full request URI (path + query parameters) instead of just the path as documented. This discrepancy enables authentication bypass attacks where attackers append malicious query parameters to access protected endpoints.

Example Attack:

  • Configuration: skip_auth_routes = [ "^/foo/.*/bar$" ]
  • Intended behavior: Allow /foo/something/bar
  • Actual vulnerability: Also allows /foo/critical_endpoint?param=/bar

Deployments using skip_auth_routes with regex patterns containing wildcards or broad matching patterns are most at risk, especially when backend services ignore unknown query parameters.

Patches

A patch has been released with version v7.11.0.

Workarounds

Immediate mitigations:

  1. Review regex patterns: Audit all skip_auth_routes configurations for overly permissive patterns
  2. Use precise patterns: Replace wildcard patterns with exact path matches where possible
  3. Anchor patterns: Ensure regex patterns are properly anchored (start with ^ and end with $)
  4. Path-only matching: Consider implementing custom validation that strips query parameters before regex matching

Example secure configuration:

# Instead of: "^/public/.*"
# Use specific paths: "^/public/assets$", "^/public/health$"
skip_auth_routes = ["^/public/assets$", "^/public/health$", "^/api/status$"]

Database specific
{
    "nvd_published_at": "2025-07-30T20:15:37Z",
    "severity": "CRITICAL",
    "cwe_ids": [
        "CWE-290"
    ],
    "github_reviewed_at": "2025-07-30T19:41:07Z",
    "github_reviewed": true
}
References

Affected packages

Go / github.com/oauth2-proxy/oauth2-proxy/v7

Package

Name
github.com/oauth2-proxy/oauth2-proxy/v7
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Purl
pkg:golang/github.com/oauth2-proxy/oauth2-proxy/v7

Affected ranges

Type
SEMVER
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
7.11.0

Database specific

{
    "last_known_affected_version_range": "<= 7.10.0"
}