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.
Advisories

No advisories yet.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.


Workaround

Upstream application hardening: validate X-Forwarded-User against the expected session identity. Reject requests where identity headers do not match the authenticated session.

History

Wed, 12 Aug 2026 08:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
CPEs cpe:/a:redhat:openshift:4.18::el9
cpe:/a:redhat:openshift:4.19::el9
References

Tue, 11 Aug 2026 10:00:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
CPEs cpe:/a:redhat:openshift:4.20::el9
cpe:/a:redhat:openshift:4.22::el9
References

Tue, 11 Aug 2026 09:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
CPEs cpe:/a:redhat:openshift:4.21::el9
References

Wed, 05 Aug 2026 10:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Redhat openshift Container Platform
Vendors & Products Redhat openshift Container Platform

Wed, 29 Jul 2026 00:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
References
Metrics threat_severity

None

threat_severity

Important


Tue, 28 Jul 2026 16:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
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.
Title Openshift/oauth-proxy: openshift/oauth-proxy: underscore header smuggling enables identity impersonation on wsgi/php upstreams
First Time appeared Redhat
Redhat openshift
Weaknesses CWE-436
CPEs cpe:/a:redhat:openshift:4
Vendors & Products Redhat
Redhat openshift
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 8.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:N'}

ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Projects

Sign in to view the affected projects.

cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2026-08-12T08:00:49.259Z

Reserved: 2026-05-29T13:28:56.553Z

Link: CVE-2026-49332

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-07-28T13:03:03.200Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2026-07-28T13:18:46.067

Modified: 2026-08-12T08:17:17.670

Link: CVE-2026-49332

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Important

Publid Date: 2026-07-28T12:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2026-49332 - Bugzilla

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-08-05T10:00:03Z

Weaknesses