GHSA-pxq7-h93f-9jrg
### Impact A configuration-dependent authentication bypass exists in OAuth2 Proxy. Deployments are affected when all of the following are true: * Use of `skip_auth_routes` or the legacy `skip_auth_regex` * Use of patterns that can be widened by attacker-controlled suffixes, such as `^/foo/.*/bar$` causing potential exposure of `/foo/secret` * Protected upstream applications that interpret `#` as a fragment delimiter or otherwise route the request to the protected base path In deployments that rely on these settings, an unauthenticated attacker can send a crafted request containing a number sign in the path, including the browser-safe encoded form `%23`, so that OAuth2 Proxy matches a public allowlist rule while the backend serves a protected resource. Deployments that do not use these skip-auth options, or that only allow exact public paths with tightly scoped method and path rules, **ARE NOT** affected. ### Patches A fix has been implemented to normalize request paths more conservatively before skip-auth matching so fragment content does not influence allowlist decisions. Released as part of `v7.15.2` ### Workarounds Users who cannot upgrade immediately can reduce exposure by tightening or removing `skip_auth_routes` and `skip_auth_regex` rules, especially patterns that use broad wildcards across path segments. Recommended mitigations: * Replace broad rules with exact, anchored public paths and explicit HTTP methods * Reject requests whose path contains `%23` or `#` at the ingress, load balancer, or WAF level * Avoid placing sensitive application paths behind broad `skip_auth_routes` rules
Properties
- ghsa_id
- GHSA-pxq7-h93f-9jrg
- summary
- OAuth2 Proxy has an Authentication Bypass via Fragment Confusion in skip_auth_routes and skip_auth_regex
- severity
- high
- cvss_score
- 8.2
- cve_id
- GHSA-pxq7-h93f-9jrg
- cvss_vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N
- is_ghsa_only
- true
- ghsa_published
- 2026-04-15T19:24:13Z
- source_url
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-pxq7-h93f-9jrg
- ghsa_updated
- 2026-04-15T19:24:13Z
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