CVE-2022-39956
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
Summary
The OWASP ModSecurity Core Rule Set (CRS) is affected by a partial rule set bypass for HTTP multipart requests by submitting a payload that uses a character encoding scheme via the Content-Type or the deprecated Content-Transfer-Encoding multipart MIME header fields that will not be decoded and inspected by the web application firewall engine and the rule set. The multipart payload will therefore bypass detection. A vulnerable backend that supports these encoding schemes can potentially be exploited. The legacy CRS versions 3.0.x and 3.1.x are affected, as well as the currently supported versions 3.2.1 and 3.3.2. Integrators and users are advised upgrade to 3.2.2 and 3.3.3 respectively. The mitigation against these vulnerabilities depends on the installation of the latest ModSecurity version (v2.9.6 / v3.0.8).
Affected Software
| Vendor | Product | Version Range | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| OWASP | ModSecurity Core Rule Set | 3.0.x | affected |
| OWASP | ModSecurity Core Rule Set | 3.1.x | affected |
| OWASP | ModSecurity Core Rule Set | unspecified <= 3.2.1 | affected |
| OWASP | ModSecurity Core Rule Set | unspecified <= 3.3.2 | affected |
Weaknesses
- CWE-863: CWE-863 Incorrect Authorization
ADP Enrichment
CVE Program Container
Additional References
- https://coreruleset.org/20220919/crs-version-3-3-3-and-3-2-2-covering-several-cves/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/PD56EAYNGB6E6QQH62LAYCONOP6OH5DZ/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/YPQ6CCMX3MU4A7MTCGQJA7VMJW3IQDXV/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/HL2L2GF7GOCWPMJZDUE5OXDSXHGG3XUJ/
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/01/msg00033.html
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202305-25
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/08/msg00004.html
CISA ADP Vulnrichment
- SSVC:
- Exploitation: none
- Automatable: yes
- Technical Impact: partial
References
- https://coreruleset.org/20220919/crs-version-3-3-3-and-3-2-2-covering-several-cves/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/PD56EAYNGB6E6QQH62LAYCONOP6OH5DZ/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/YPQ6CCMX3MU4A7MTCGQJA7VMJW3IQDXV/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/HL2L2GF7GOCWPMJZDUE5OXDSXHGG3XUJ/
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/01/msg00033.html
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202305-25
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