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chi Allows Host Header Injection which Leads to Open Redirect in RedirectSlashes

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### Summary The RedirectSlashes function in middleware/strip.go is vulnerable to host header injection which leads to open redirect. We consider this a **lower-severity** open redirect, as it can't be exploited from browsers or email clients (requires manipulation of a Host header). ### Details The RedirectSlashes method uses the Host header to construct the redirectURL at this line https://github.com/go-chi/chi/blob/master/middleware/strip.go#L55 The Host header can be manipulated by a user to be any arbitrary host. This leads to open redirect when using the RedirectSlashes middleware ### PoC Create a simple server which uses the RedirectSlashes middleware ``` package main import ( "fmt" "net/http" "github.com/go-chi/chi/v5" "github.com/go-chi/chi/v5/middleware" // Import the middleware package ) func main() { // Create a new Chi router r := chi.NewRouter() // Use the built-in RedirectSlashes middleware r.Use(middleware.RedirectSlashes) // Use middleware.RedirectSlashes // Define a route handler r.Get("/", func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) { // A simple response w.Write([]byte("Hello, World!")) }) // Start the server fmt.Println("Starting server on :8080") http.ListenAndServe(":8080", r) } ``` Run the server `go run main.go` Once the server is running, send a request that will trigger the RedirectSlashes function with an arbitrary Host header `curl -iL -H "Host: example.com" http://localhost:8080/test/` Observe that the request will be redirected to example.com ``

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GHSA-vrw8-fxc6-2r93

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github.com/go-chi/chi/v5

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5.2.2

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    "package": {
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      "purl": "pkg:golang/github.com/go-chi/chi/v5",
      "ecosystem": "Go"
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      "source": "https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2025/06/GHSA-vrw8-fxc6-2r93/GHSA-vrw8-fxc6-2r93.json",
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Related CVEs
CVE-2025-71405

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