01 Record
CVE-2025-64484
OAuth2-Proxy vulnerable to header smuggling via underscore, leading to potential privilege escalation
HighPUBLISHEDCNA: GitHub_M
CNA base score8.5 CVSS v3.xCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:N
02 Description
OAuth2-Proxy vulnerable to header smuggling via underscore, leading to potential privilege escalation
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Assessed, none found. CISA's assessment recorded neither public exploit code nor evidence of exploitation when it was made.
- SSVC decision
- ExploitationnoneCISA recorded no public exploit code and no evidence of exploitation.
- AutomatablenoAt least one step from reconnaissance to exploitation cannot be reliably automated.
- Technical ImpactpartialSuccessful exploitation gives limited control of the vulnerable component.
- EPSS probability
- 0.65% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 51.1% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 8.5 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:N
- NVD analysis status
- Deferred. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- Important. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2025-11-10 21:33Z11 MO AGO
- Last updated
- 2025-11-14 19:24Z11 MO AGO
- Reserved
- 2025-11-05
- Assigning CNA
- GitHub_M
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- High (CVSS 8.5)
- CNA CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-644Improper Neutralization of HTTP Headers for Scripting SyntaxVariant
- Data version
- 5.2
- Document digest
- 1c90ca7834f1f0c3289a9f3d70a2c5a619cde7d7ff1c958fd1be5a9fe5e62f1f
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- github.comhttps://github.com/oauth2-proxy/oauth2-proxy/security/advisories/GHSA-vjrc-mh2v-45x6
- datatracker.ietf.orghttps://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc2616#section-4.2
- datatracker.ietf.orghttps://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc822#section-3.2
- github.security.telekom.comhttps://github.security.telekom.com/2020/05/smuggling-http-headers-through-reverse-proxies.html
- www.uptimia.comhttps://www.uptimia.com/questions/why-are-http-headers-with-underscores-dropped-by-nginx