GitHub Advisoryadvisory · NuGet
GHSA-58f6-6rj2-3v8r Steeltoe vulnerable to management-port isolation bypass via spoofed Host header
HIGH
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- Aliases
- CVE-2026-50194
- Ecosystem
- NuGet
- Packages
- Steeltoe.Management.Endpoint, Steeltoe.Management.EndpointCore
- Severity
- High
- CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-288, CWE-639
- Reviewed
- 2026-07-02
Affected packages
• NuGet Steeltoe.Management.Endpoint: < 4.2.0 → fixed in 4.2.0
• NuGet Steeltoe.Management.EndpointCore: >= 3.2.2, < 3.4.0 → fixed in 3.4.0
Description
Summary
When Steeltoe management endpoints are configured to listen on an alternate port (`Management:Endpoints:Port` is configured), the middleware responsible for restricting access to the endpoints uses the `Host` HTTP header rather than the actual network socket port.
Impact
An unauthenticated remote attacker can reach every actuator endpoint using a specially crafted HTTP request.
Affected configuration
• The application's public port is accessible over from the network.
• `Management:Endpoints:Port` is configured to a value different from the application's main listener port.
• The request scheme matches `Management:Endpoints:SslEnabled`. For example, `http` when `SslEnabled` is `false` (the default), or `https` when `SslEnabled` is `true`.
Mitigations
If an immediate upgrade to a patched version is not possible:
• Add explicit ASP.NET Core authorization (`RequireAuthorization`) to all sensitive actuator endpoints as a defense-in-depth measure independent of port isolation.
• Configure the reverse proxy or load balancer to enforce the `Host` header value and prevent clients from setting an arbitrary port.
Related
Alias · CVE (1)
- CVE-2026-50194 Steeltoe is an open source project that provides a collection of libraries that helps users build cloud-native applications. vulnerability
References
- https://github.com/SteeltoeOSS/security-advisories/security/advisories/GHSA-58f6-6rj2-3v8r web
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-50194 advisory
- https://github.com/SteeltoeOSS/Steeltoe/commit/4cbc352fe89ac2e6c609554e435ab28996fec5e9 web
- https://github.com/SteeltoeOSS/Steeltoe/commit/b7ca93c510aaa08d7e4ebec40ce20c5811c2c4b6 web
- https://github.com/SteeltoeOSS/steeltoe package