CVE-2026-49332 HIGH

CVE-2026-49332: Openshift/oauth-proxy: openshift/oauth-proxy: underscore header smuggling enables identity impersonation on wsgi/php upstreams

Vendor Red Hat
Product Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4
Weakness CWE-436
Published July 28, 2026
Last update August 11, 2026

CVSS base score

8.5/10
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required Low
User interaction None
Confidentiality High
Integrity Low

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:N

What the vulnerability does

01Description

A flaw was found in openshift/oauth-proxy. The proxy sets authenticated identity headers using only dash-variant keys (X-Forwarded-User) but does not strip underscore-variant keys (X_Forwarded_User) from incoming requests. WSGI and PHP frameworks normalize both variants to the same variable, allowing an authenticated low-privilege user to smuggle a forged identity that may override the legitimate authenticated identity in the upstream application.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

July 28, 2026 CVE published
August 11, 2026 Record updated