CVE-2026-55458
Published:October 28, 2026
Updated:October 29, 2026
Caddy's reverse proxy fails to strip RFC 7230 hop-by-hop headers from upstream responses when handling WebSocket upgrades (HTTP 101 Switching Protocols). Headers including "Alt-Svc", "Keep-Alive", "Proxy-Authenticate", "Transfer-Encoding", or "Trailer", which Caddy actually correctly strips for normal HTTP responses, pass through unfiltered to the client during protocol upgrades. An upstream that sets these headers (intentionally or otherwise) can inject them into client responses, enabling connection hijacking via "Alt-Svc", cookie injection via "Set-Cookie", and proxy authentication phishing. The normal response path in "finalizeResponse" correctly strips all hop-by-hop headers before forwarding, but the 101 code path returns early, skipping the stripping entirely.
Affected Packages
https://github.com/caddyserver/caddy.git (GITHUB):
Affected version(s) >=v2.0.0-beta1 <v2.11.5Fix Suggestion:
Update to version v2.11.5github.com/caddyserver/caddy/v2 (GO):
Affected version(s) >=v2.0.0-beta1 <v2.11.5Fix Suggestion:
Update to version v2.11.5Related Resources (3)
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Contact UsCVSS v4
Base Score:
2.9
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Attack Requirements
PRESENT
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Vulnerable System Confidentiality
NONE
Vulnerable System Integrity
LOW
Vulnerable System Availability
NONE
Subsequent System Confidentiality
NONE
Subsequent System Integrity
NONE
Subsequent System Availability
NONE
Exploit Maturity
POC
CVSS v3
Base Score:
5.3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
LOW
Availability
NONE
Weakness Type (CWE)
Inconsistent Interpretation of HTTP Requests