{"id":"CVE-2026-23903","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2026-23903","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T02:56:22.904Z","title":"Authentication Bypass by Alternate Name vulnerability in Apache Shiro.","description":"Authentication Bypass by Alternate Name vulnerability in Apache Shiro.\n\nThis issue affects Apache Shiro: before 2.0.7.\n\nUsers are recommended to upgrade to version 2.0.7, which fixes the issue.\n\nThe issue only effects static files. If static files are served from a case-insensitive filesystem,\nsuch as default macOS setup, static files may be accessed by varying the case of the filename in the request.\nIf only lower-case (common default) filters are present in Shiro, they may be bypassed this way.\n\nShiro 2.1.0 and later has a new parameters to remediate this issue\nshiro.ini: filterChainResolver.caseInsensitive = true\napplication.properties: shiro.caseInsensitive=true\n\nShiro 3.0.0 and later makes this the default in shiro.ini-based configurations.\nShiro 3.0.1 and later makes this the default in all configurations, including programmatic and Spring / Spring Boot.","published":"2026-02-09T10:15:58.000Z","lastModified":"2026-08-20T10:16:41.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"security@apache.org","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":5.3,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N"},"cwe":["CWE-289"],"affected":["apache/shiro"],"epss":{"score":0.00402,"percentile":0.34233,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"low","text":"Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.40%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://lists.apache.org/thread/5jjf0hnjcol58z2m5y255c7scz1lnp8k","tags":["Mailing List","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"security@apache.org"},{"url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/02/08/1","tags":["Mailing List","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-23903","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}