7.5High

CVE-2026-52844Caddy: Windows `file_server` path authorization bypass via encoded backslash

caddyserver caddy Published: (4 months ago)

Description

Caddy is an extensible server platform that uses TLS by default. Prior to 2.11.4, on Windows, Caddy path matchers treat /private\secret.txt as outside /private/*, but file_server later resolves the same request path as private\secret.txt on disk. An unauthenticated remote client can bypass Caddy path-scoped auth/deny routes protecting /private/*. This vulnerability is fixed in 2.11.4.

Weakness (CWE): CWE-22CWE-284

Data: CVE.org, NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS, Ubuntu. Published as the sources state it, in English.

Affected products and versions

VendorProductVersions
caddyserver caddy < 2.11.4

References and patches

CPE matches (NVD) (1)

  • cpe:2.3:a:caddyserver:caddy:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* < 2.11.4