pallets/werkzeug · Security

Incorrect parsing of nameless cookies leads to __Host- cookies bypass

GHSA ID
GHSA-px8h-6qxv-m22q
CVE ID
CVE-2023-23934
Severity
low
Published
Updated
CVSS
2.6 · CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
CVSS v3
2.6 · CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

Description

Browsers may allow "nameless" cookies that look like =value instead of key=value. A vulnerable browser may allow a compromised application on an adjacent subdomain to exploit this to set a cookie like =__Host-test=bad for another subdomain.

Werkzeug <= 2.2.2 will parse the cookie =__Host-test=bad as __Host-test=bad. If a Werkzeug application is running next to a vulnerable or malicious subdomain which sets such a cookie using a vulnerable browser, the Werkzeug application will see the bad cookie value but the valid cookie key.

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