CVE-2026-42882
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
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L - EPSS
- 0.6% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 46% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-26)
- CWEs
- CWE-22, CWE-863
- Published
- Modified
- Record from
- the NVD, synced
Packages (OSV)
| Advisory | Ecosystem | Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GHSA-rfgq-wgg8-662p | Go | github.com/oxyno-zeta/s3-proxy | <0.0.0-20260424211602-1320e4abd46a | 0.0.0-20260424211602-1320e4abd46a |
| GO-2026-5616 | Go | github.com/oxyno-zeta/s3-proxy | <0.0.0-20260424211602-1320e4abd46a | 0.0.0-20260424211602-1320e4abd46a |
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