Description
Cosmos provides users the ability self-host a home server by acting as a secure gateway to your application, as well as a server manager. Prior to 0.22.19, tokenMiddleware in src/proxy/routerGen.go can return through the Constellation tunnel bypass before removing x-cosmos-user, x-cosmos-role, x-cosmos-user-role, and x-cosmos-mfa headers and before invoking AdminOnlyWithRedirect. An attacker with a valid x-cstln-auth API key for an enrolled device who reaches Cosmos through the Constellation Nebula tunnel can supply a chosen x-cosmos-user value to a route with AuthEnabled enabled when the upstream application trusts that forward-auth header. The request can bypass Cosmos JWT, password, MFA, and AdminOnly checks, allowing user impersonation and admin-tier reads or writes exposed by the proxied application. This issue is fixed in version 0.22.19.
Published: 2026-09-15
Score: 6.1 Medium
EPSS: n/a
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Source ID Title
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-2rx5-2g7j-2659 Cosmos-Server has an authentication bypass via forward-auth header smuggling on Constellation tunnel
History

Tue, 15 Sep 2026 15:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Azukaar
Azukaar cosmos-server
Vendors & Products Azukaar
Azukaar cosmos-server

Tue, 15 Sep 2026 15:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Tue, 15 Sep 2026 14:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description Cosmos provides users the ability self-host a home server by acting as a secure gateway to your application, as well as a server manager. Prior to 0.22.19, tokenMiddleware in src/proxy/routerGen.go can return through the Constellation tunnel bypass before removing x-cosmos-user, x-cosmos-role, x-cosmos-user-role, and x-cosmos-mfa headers and before invoking AdminOnlyWithRedirect. An attacker with a valid x-cstln-auth API key for an enrolled device who reaches Cosmos through the Constellation Nebula tunnel can supply a chosen x-cosmos-user value to a route with AuthEnabled enabled when the upstream application trusts that forward-auth header. The request can bypass Cosmos JWT, password, MFA, and AdminOnly checks, allowing user impersonation and admin-tier reads or writes exposed by the proxied application. This issue is fixed in version 0.22.19.
Title Cosmos: Authentication bypass via forward-auth header smuggling on Constellation tunnel in Cosmos-Server
Weaknesses CWE-285
CWE-290
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 6.1, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N'}


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Azukaar Cosmos-server
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

Published:

Updated: 2026-09-15T14:50:54.216Z

Reserved: 2026-05-30T02:43:33.106Z

Link: CVE-2026-49446

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-09-15T14:50:50.514Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-09-15T15:17:16.747

Modified: 2026-09-15T15:17:16.747

Link: CVE-2026-49446

cve-icon Redhat

No data.

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-09-15T15:30:15Z

Weaknesses
  • CWE-285

    Improper Authorization

  • CWE-290

    Authentication Bypass by Spoofing