CVEvulnerability

CVE-2021-29479

6.1 MEDIUM Published 2021-06-29 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2021-06-29
Last modified
2026-06-17
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
7.0 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:L
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
6.1 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
4.0 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N
Weaknesses
CWE-807

Description

Ratpack is a toolkit for creating web applications. In versions prior to 1.9.0, a user supplied `X-Forwarded-Host` header can be used to perform cache poisoning of a cache fronting a Ratpack server if the cache key does not include the `X-Forwarded-Host` header as a cache key. Users are only vulnerable if they do not configure a custom `PublicAddress` instance. For versions prior to 1.9.0, by default, Ratpack utilizes an inferring version of `PublicAddress` which is vulnerable. This can be used to perform redirect cache poisoning where an attacker can force a cached redirect to redirect to their site instead of the intended redirect location. The vulnerability was patched in Ratpack 1.9.0. As a workaround, ensure that `ServerConfigBuilder::publicAddress` correctly configures the server in production.

Affected configurations

• ratpack project ratpack (< 1.9.0)

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-807 Reliance on Untrusted Inputs in a Security Decision weakness

References