Vouch Proxy is an SSO and OAuth/OIDC login solution for Nginx using the auth_request module. Prior to 0.48.0, Cookie in pkg/cookie/cookie.go parses the total part count from an attacker-controlled multipart cookie name and passes the value to make([]string, numParts) without checking that the value is positive or reasonably bounded. Requests to /validate and /_external-auth-:id reach JWTCacheHandler in pkg/jwtmanager/jwtcache.go, FindJWT in pkg/jwtmanager/jwtmanager.go, and the vulnerable cookie reassembly before JWT validation, so no account or valid session is required. A cookie name such as VouchCookie_1of10000000000 causes an attempted slice allocation of roughly 160 GB and a fatal Go runtime out-of-memory condition, allowing one request to crash the authentication proxy and repeated requests to sustain unavailability. This vulnerability is fixed in 0.48.0.

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Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-qqff-5854-px68 vouch-proxy has an Unbounded Multipart Cookie Allocation DoS
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Thu, 17 Sep 2026 20:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Vouch
Vouch vouch-proxy
Vendors & Products Vouch
Vouch vouch-proxy

Thu, 17 Sep 2026 17:30:00 +0000

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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Tue, 15 Sep 2026 16:45:00 +0000

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Description Vouch Proxy is an SSO and OAuth/OIDC login solution for Nginx using the auth_request module. Prior to 0.48.0, Cookie in pkg/cookie/cookie.go parses the total part count from an attacker-controlled multipart cookie name and passes the value to make([]string, numParts) without checking that the value is positive or reasonably bounded. Requests to /validate and /_external-auth-:id reach JWTCacheHandler in pkg/jwtmanager/jwtcache.go, FindJWT in pkg/jwtmanager/jwtmanager.go, and the vulnerable cookie reassembly before JWT validation, so no account or valid session is required. A cookie name such as VouchCookie_1of10000000000 causes an attempted slice allocation of roughly 160 GB and a fatal Go runtime out-of-memory condition, allowing one request to crash the authentication proxy and repeated requests to sustain unavailability. This vulnerability is fixed in 0.48.0.
Title Vouch Proxy: Unbounded Multipart Cookie Allocation DoS
Weaknesses CWE-789
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Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

Published:

Updated: 2026-09-17T16:08:18.413Z

Reserved: 2026-06-16T15:13:28.164Z

Link: CVE-2026-55149

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-09-17T16:08:10.543Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-09-15T17:17:21.893

Modified: 2026-09-17T17:16:44.293

Link: CVE-2026-55149

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cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-09-17T19:57:58Z

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