CVE 9.4 CRITICAL

oxyno-zeta/s3-proxy: Security Issues in Resource Path Matching_CVE-2026-42882

9.4 / 10
CRITICAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L

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.

AI Analysis

Authentication bypass vulnerability in s3-proxy due to inconsistent URL path interpretation, allowing unauthorized access to protected S3 namespaces.

Basic Information

ID CVE-2026-42882
Source GitHub_M
Published May 11, 2026 at 19:26

Affected Product

Vendor oxyno-zeta
Product s3-proxy
Version < 5.0.0
Affected Versions oxyno-zeta s3-proxy < 5.0.0

CWE Classification

AI Assessment

AI Score 9.4 / 10
AI Severity Critical
Vendor oxyno-zeta
Product s3-proxy
Version < 5.0.0

References

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