CVE-2026-42882
Prior to 5.0.0, s3-proxy contains an authentication bypass caused by inconsistent URL path interpretation between the authentication middleware and the bucket handler.
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.55%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
oxyno-zeta/s3-proxy is an aws s3 proxy written in go. Prior to 5.0.0, s3-proxy contains an authentication bypass caused by inconsistent URL path interpretation between the authentication middleware and the bucket handler. The authentication middleware evaluates resource path patterns against the percent-encoded request URI (r.URL.RequestURI()), while the bucket handler constructs S3 object keys from the decoded path (r.URL.Path). This mismatch, combined with the glob library being invoked without a path separator (causing * to match across / boundaries), allows unauthenticated attackers to write to, read from, or delete objects in protected S3 namespaces. Exploitation is possible via three techniques: (1) using * patterns that match across path separators to reach protected routes via path traversal (e.g., /open/foo/drafts/../restricted/), (2) using percent-encoded slashes (%2F) to collapse multiple path segments into a single token at the auth layer while the decoded form resolves to a protected namespace at the storage layer, and (3) using dot-dot segments (../) under ** prefix patterns, where the raw path matches an open route while Go's URL parser resolves the traversal to a protected path before the bucket handler runs. An unauthenticated attacker with network access can perform unauthorized PUT, GET, or DELETE operations on objects in authentication-protected S3 namespaces. This vulnerability is fixed in 5.0.0.
- CVSS 3.1
- 9.4 CRITICALCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L
- EPSS
- 0.55% probability · 45th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-22, CWE-863
- Source
- security-advisories@github.com
References
- https://github.com/oxyno-zeta/s3-proxy/commit/1320e4abd46ad18c2851fedde50dbb79df8b7a51
- https://github.com/oxyno-zeta/s3-proxy/commit/af5ff57d8c6022459495b8fb50130073bca7b48a
- https://github.com/oxyno-zeta/s3-proxy/security/advisories/GHSA-rfgq-wgg8-662p
- https://github.com/oxyno-zeta/s3-proxy/security/advisories/GHSA-rfgq-wgg8-662p
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.