CVE-2023-40586

go package github.com/corazawaf/coraza is vulnerable to denial of service

OWASP Coraza WAF is a golang modsecurity compatible web application firewall library. Due to the misuse of `log.Fatalf`, the application using coraza crashed after receiving crafted requests from attackers. The application will immediately crash after receiving a malicious request that triggers an error in `mime.ParseMediaType`. This issue was patched in version 3.0.1.

Affected

corazawaf · coraza

CVSS v3.1 NVD

7.5 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

EPSS

0.72% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 53rd percentile

Published

2023-08-25

Updated

2024-10-02

Proof-of-concept exploits (1)

• advisories/GHSA-c2pj-v37r-2p6h

Security advisories

• corazawaf/coraza/security/advisories/GHSA-c2pj-v37r-2p6h
• corazawaf/coraza/commit/a5239ba3ce839e14d9b4f9486e1b4a403dcade8c

References

• CVE Record
• NVD entry