A flaw was found in openshift/oauth-proxy. On paths configured to bypass authentication (skip-auth-regex), the proxy forwards client-supplied identity headers (X-Forwarded-User, X-Forwarded-Email, X-Forwarded-Access-Token) to the upstream application without stripping them. An unauthenticated attacker can inject forged identity headers on whitelisted paths.
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Description A flaw was found in openshift/oauth-proxy. On paths configured to bypass authentication (skip-auth-regex), the proxy forwards client-supplied identity headers (X-Forwarded-User, X-Forwarded-Email, X-Forwarded-Access-Token) to the upstream application without stripping them. An unauthenticated attacker can inject forged identity headers on whitelisted paths.
Title Openshift/oauth-proxy: openshift/oauth-proxy: unauthenticated identity header injection on whitelisted paths
First Time appeared Redhat
Redhat openshift
Weaknesses CWE-345
CPEs cpe:/a:redhat:openshift:4
Vendors & Products Redhat
Redhat openshift
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 6.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N'}


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Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2026-08-05T14:40:45.147Z

Reserved: 2026-05-29T13:28:56.552Z

Link: CVE-2026-49331

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Updated: 2026-08-05T16:30:13Z