GitHub Advisoryadvisory · Maven
GHSA-9xww-74xv-gjfp Http4s: DigestAuth allows replay of captured requests
MEDIUM
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- Aliases
- CVE-2026-69206
- Ecosystem
- Maven
- Packages
- org.http4s:http4s-ember-core_2.12, org.http4s:http4s-ember-core_2.13, org.http4s:http4s-ember-core_3
- Severity
- Moderate
- CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-294
- Reviewed
- 2026-09-15
Affected packages
• Maven org.http4s:http4s-ember-core_2.12: < 0.23.35 → fixed in 0.23.35
• Maven org.http4s:http4s-ember-core_2.13: < 0.23.35 → fixed in 0.23.35
• Maven org.http4s:http4s-ember-core_3: < 0.23.35 → fixed in 0.23.35
• Maven org.http4s:http4s-ember-core_2.13: >= 1.0.0-M1, < 1.0.0-M47 → fixed in 1.0.0-M47
• Maven org.http4s:http4s-ember-core_3: >= 1.0.0-M1, < 1.0.0-M47 → fixed in 1.0.0-M47
Description
The `DigestAuth` replay defence stores `lastNc + 1` rather than the nonce-count (`nc`) value it just accepted. When a legitimate client sends non-contiguous `nc` values (parallel or retried requests, as browsers do), the server's counter lags behind the highest `nc` seen, and a captured `Authorization` header can be replayed multiple times.
Impact
A passive observer can turn one captured Digest-authenticated request into several replayed authenticated (state-changing) requests, defeating the core
replay protection Digest provides over Basic.
Preconditions
• Application uses `DigestAuth`.
• Attacker can passively observe at least one legitimate digest request.
• Legitimate client emits an `nc` more than one greater than the last, for instance from a parallel or retried request.
Workarounds
• Deploy over TLS so requests cannot be captured.
Related
Alias · CVE (1)
- CVE-2026-69206 Http4s is a Scala interface for HTTP services. vulnerability
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-294 Authentication Bypass by Capture-replay weakness
References
- https://github.com/http4s/http4s/security/advisories/GHSA-9xww-74xv-gjfp web
- https://github.com/http4s/http4s/commit/7f065101c45f3d86bc105e8fc6323c2c4a11471f web
- https://github.com/http4s/http4s package
- https://github.com/http4s/http4s/releases/tag/v0.23.35 web
- https://github.com/http4s/http4s/releases/tag/v1.0.0-M47 web