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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2020-10807

auth_svc in Caldera before 2.6.5 allows authentication bypass (for REST API requests) via a forged "localhost" string in the HTTP Host header.

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31 Oct 2026, 10:43 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

CVE-2020-10807

core-osv · Original source

Published 22 Mar 2020, 16:15 UTC

auth_svc in Caldera before 2.6.5 allows authentication bypass (for REST API requests) via a forged "localhost" string in the HTTP Host header.

osv:CVE-2020-10807
Complete source record
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  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2020-10807",
  "method": "structured",
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      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-20T10:51:33.684083056Z",
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      "references": [
        "https://github.com/mitre/caldera/compare/2.6.4...2.6.5",
        "https://github.com/mitre/caldera/issues/1405",
        "https://github.com/mitre/caldera/releases/tag/2.6.5",
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  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 382576,
  "published_at": "2020-03-22T16:15:12.417+00:00"
}