CVE-2023-4853

Quarkus: http security policy bypass

HIGH
8.1
CVSS Score
Published: September 20, 2023 at 09:47 AM UTC
Updated: August 4, 2026 at 06:16 PM UTC
14 products affected across 2 vendorsOpenShift Container PlatformOpenShift ServerlessBuild of Quarkus

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Severity
HIGH8.1
Exploit prediction
EPSS 1%

Description

A flaw was found in Quarkus where HTTP security policies are not sanitizing certain character permutations correctly when accepting requests, resulting in incorrect evaluation of permissions. This issue could allow an attacker to bypass the security policy altogether, resulting in unauthorized endpoint access and possibly a denial of service.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

v < 2.16.113.2.0 ≤ v < 3.2.63.3.0 ≤ v < 3.3.3
Affected range stops below 2.16.11, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 3.2.6, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 3.3.3, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Vendor states this is fixed in 8 (unaffected)
2.13.0 ≤ v < 2.13.8
Affected range stops below 2.13.8, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Vendor states this is fixed in 2.13.8.Final-redhat-5 (unaffected)
v < 1.10.2
Vendor states this is fixed in 1.10.2 (unaffected)
All versions
Vendor states this is fixed in 2.13 (unaffected)
All versions
Vendor states this is fixed in 2.5 (unaffected)
redhat-enterprise-linux (environment)

References (12)

CVSS

8.1HIGHredhat
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
HIGH
Privileges
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-148CWE-863

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