CVE-2026-42273

Heimdall: Case-sensitive host matching may lead to policy bypass

Published May 8, 2026 CVSS 4.0 · 7.8 High EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
Heimdall is a cloud native Identity Aware Proxy and Access Control Decision service. Prior to version 0.17.14, Heimdall performs host matching in a case-sensitive manner, while HTTP hostnames are case-insensitive. This discrepancy can result in heimdall failing to match a rule for a request host that differs only in letter casing, potentially causing the request to be classified differently than intended. This issue has been patched in version 0.17.14.

Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-72h4-mxfc-jx37 Heimdall: Case-sensitive host matching may lead to policy bypass
History
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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

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First Time appeared Dadrus
Dadrus heimdall
Vendors & Products Dadrus
Dadrus heimdall
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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 host matching in a case-sensitive manner, while HTTP hostnames are case-insensitive. This discrepancy can result in heimdall failing to match a rule for a request host that differs only in letter casing, potentially causing the request to be classified differently than intended. This issue has been patched in version 0.17.14.
Title Heimdall: Case-sensitive host matching may lead to policy bypass
Weaknesses CWE-178
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'}

Weaknesses

Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
GitHub_M
Published
Updated
May 8, 2026, 10:40 AM
Reserved
Apr 26, 2026, 11:53 AM
Status
Deferred
Published
May 8, 2026, 4:16 AM
Modified
Oct 26, 2026, 8:10 PM