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caddy — security advisory
Caddy is an extensible server platform that uses TLS by default. From version 2.7.5 to before version 2.11.2, the vars_regexp matcher in vars.go:337 double-expands user-controlled input through the Caddy replacer. When vars_regexp matches against a placeholder like {http.request.header.X-Input}, the header value gets resolved once (expected), then passed through repl.ReplaceAll() again (the bug). This means an attacker can put {env.DATABASE_URL} or {file./etc/passwd} in a request header and the server will evaluate it, leaking environment variables, file contents, and system info. This issue has been patched in version 2.11.2.
- Products
- caddy
- Affected versions
- 2.11.4-1, 2.6.2-11, 2.6.2-12, 2.6.2-14, 2.6.2-14ubuntu0.26.04.1~esm1, 2.6.2-6, 2.6.2-6ubuntu0.24.04.1, 2.6.2-6ubuntu0.24.04.2, 2.6.2-6ubuntu0.24.04.2+esm1, 2.6.2-6ubuntu0.24.04.3, 2.6.2-6ubuntu0.24.04.3+esm1, 2.6.2-6ubuntu0.24.04.3+esm2, 2.6.2-9
- Fixed versions
- Not specified
- CVEs
- CVE-2026-30852
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 31 Oct 2026, 02:06 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
Caddy is an extensible server platform that uses TLS by default. From version 2.7.5 to before version 2.11.2, the vars_regexp matcher in vars.go:337 double-expands user-controlled input through the Caddy replacer. When vars_regexp matches against a placeholder like {http.request.header.X-Input}, the header value gets resolved once (expected), then passed through repl.ReplaceAll() again (the bug). This means an attacker can put {env.DATABASE_URL} or {file./etc/passwd} in a request header and the server will evaluate it, leaking environment variables, file contents, and system info. This issue has been patched in version 2.11.2.
osv:UBUNTU-CVE-2026-30852
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Complete source record
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