CVE-2026-25534

Spinnaker clouddriver and orca URL validation bypass via underscores in hostnames

Published Mar 17, 2026 CVSS 3.1 · 9.1 Critical EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
### Impact
Spinnaker updated URL Validation logic on user input to provide sanitation on user inputted URLs for clouddriver. However, they missed that Java URL objects do not correctly handle underscores on parsing. This led to a bypass of the previous CVE (CVE-2025-61916) through the use of carefully crafted URLs. Note, Spinnaker found this not just in that CVE, but in the existing URL validations in Orca fromUrl expression handling. This CVE impacts BOTH artifacts as a result.

### Patches
This has been merged and will be available in versions 2025.4.1, 2025.3.1, 2025.2.4 and 2026.0.0.

### Workarounds
You can disable the various artifacts on this system to work around these limits.

Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-8r8j-gfhg-fw38 Spinnaker clouddriver and orca URL validation bypass via underscores in hostnames
History
Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Spinnaker
Spinnaker clouddriver-artifacts
Spinnaker orca
Vendors & Products Spinnaker
Spinnaker clouddriver-artifacts
Spinnaker orca
Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description ### Impact Spinnaker updated URL Validation logic on user input to provide sanitation on user inputted URLs for clouddriver. However, they missed that Java URL objects do not correctly handle underscores on parsing. This led to a bypass of the previous CVE (CVE-2025-61916) through the use of carefully crafted URLs. Note, Spinnaker found this not just in that CVE, but in the existing URL validations in Orca fromUrl expression handling. This CVE impacts BOTH artifacts as a result. ### Patches This has been merged and will be available in versions 2025.4.1, 2025.3.1, 2025.2.4 and 2026.0.0. ### Workarounds You can disable the various artifacts on this system to work around these limits.
Title Spinnaker clouddriver and orca URL validation bypass via underscores in hostnames
Weaknesses CWE-918
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 9.1, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:L'}

Weaknesses

Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
GitHub_M
Published
Updated
Mar 17, 2026, 5:58 PM
Reserved
Feb 2, 2026, 7:59 PM
Status
Deferred
Published
Mar 17, 2026, 6:16 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 10:24 AM