FrankenPHP before 1.13.0 Authentication Bypass via Dot-Form Header Name Aliasing
Severity and exploitation
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Assessment vector
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:NAssessment vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:NSeverity
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Known exploitation
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Public exploit
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Remediation
Fix status not established
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What this means
FrankenPHP before 1.13.0 has an authentication bypass vulnerability via dot-form header name aliasing, allowing unauthenticated attackers to spoof trusted headers. Attackers can send headers that map to $_SERVER keys, potentially spoofing user identity or client IP. No fix is mentioned.
Summarized by @cf/meta/llama-3.3-70b-instruct-fp8-fast. Verify details against the original sources.Attack conditions
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php · VulnCheck
frankenphp
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php · VulnCheck
frankenphp
Package identity
pkg:golang/github.com/dunglas/frankenphpExplore github.com/dunglas/frankenphp →Identity supplied by VulnCheck. Version matching requires compatible range evidence.
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affected
0 → before 1.13.0
semver versions
unaffected
1.13.0
semver versions
Other versions: unaffected
What to do
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Public exploit evidence
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Original source description
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FrankenPHP before 1.13.0 contains an authentication bypass vulnerability that allows unauthenticated attackers to spoof trusted headers by sending dot-form header names that PHP rewrites to underscores. Attackers can send headers like X.Authenticated.User or X.Forwarded.For that map to $_SERVER keys, spoofing user identity, client IP, or scheme.
References
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Evidence available
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Original records
CVE-2026-128023View the latest unmodified CVE JSON from the official source. It may be newer than this imported page.
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Environment requirements
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Vulnerable product
cpe:2.3:a:php:frankenphp:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*Before: 1.13.0
Applicability preview
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