Description
Heimdall is a cloud native Identity Aware Proxy and Access Control Decision service. Prior to version 0.17.14, Heimdall performs rule matching on the raw (non-normalized) request path, while downstream components may normalize dot-segments according to RFC 3986, Section 6.2.2.3. This discrepancy can result in heimdall authorizing a request for one path (e.g., /user/../admin, or URL-encoded variants such as /user/%2e%2e/admin or /user/%2e%2e%2fadmin. The latter would require the allow_encoded_slashes option to be set to on or no_decode.) while the downstream ultimately processes a different, normalized path (/admin). This issue has been patched in version 0.17.14.
Published: 2026-05-08
Score: 7.8 High
EPSS: n/a
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
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Fri, 08 May 2026 04:00:00 +0000

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Description Heimdall is a cloud native Identity Aware Proxy and Access Control Decision service. Prior to version 0.17.14, Heimdall performs rule matching on the raw (non-normalized) request path, while downstream components may normalize dot-segments according to RFC 3986, Section 6.2.2.3. This discrepancy can result in heimdall authorizing a request for one path (e.g., /user/../admin, or URL-encoded variants such as /user/%2e%2e/admin or /user/%2e%2e%2fadmin. The latter would require the allow_encoded_slashes option to be set to on or no_decode.) while the downstream ultimately processes a different, normalized path (/admin). This issue has been patched in version 0.17.14.
Title Heimdall: Authorization bypass via path normalization mismatch
Weaknesses CWE-35
CWE-436
References
Metrics cvssV4_0

{'score': 7.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:H/SI:H/SA:N'}


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Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

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Updated: 2026-05-08T03:43:41.597Z

Reserved: 2026-04-26T11:53:27.707Z

Link: CVE-2026-42274

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Status : Received

Published: 2026-05-08T04:16:22.643

Modified: 2026-05-08T04:16:22.643

Link: CVE-2026-42274

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