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CVE-2026-52844
Caddy: Windows `file_server` path authorization bypass via encoded backslash
High7.5EPSS 0.62%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- GitHub_M
Description
Caddy is an extensible server platform that uses TLS by default. Prior to 2.11.4, on Windows, Caddy path matchers treat /private\secret.txt as outside /private/*, but file_server later resolves the same request path as private\secret.txt on disk. An unauthenticated remote client can bypass Caddy path-scoped auth/deny routes protecting /private/*. This vulnerability is fixed in 2.11.4.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| GitHub_MCNA (assigner) | 3.1 | High7.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N |
| NVDNVD · Analyzed | 3.1 | High7.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.62% · top 50% of all CVEs (3 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: poc · Automatable: yes · Technical impact: partial
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.
Weakness
Affected products
- affected < 2.11.4
Affected packages
From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.
- Gogithub.com/caddyserver/caddyGHSA-qrp7-cvwr-j2c6 (opens in a new tab)
- Gogithub.com/caddyserver/caddy/v2GHSA-qrp7-cvwr-j2c6 (opens in a new tab)
References (1)
- https://github.com/caddyserver/caddy/security/advisories/GHSA-qrp7-cvwr-j2c6 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMexploit
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-qrp7-cvwr-j2c6 (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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