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CVE PROGRAM SOURCE RECORD8.2 High

CVE-2026-50194

Steeltoe vulnerable to management-port isolation bypass via spoofed Host header

Description

Steeltoe is an open source project that provides a collection of libraries that helps users build cloud-native applications. When Steeltoe management endpoints versions 3.2.2 through 3.3.0 and 4.1.0 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. Versions 3.4.0 and 4.2.0 patch the issue. 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 and/or configure the reverse proxy or load balancer to enforce the `Host` header value and prevent clients from setting an arbitrary port.

Affected products

Version statuses are supplied by the assigning organization. Consult the original record for detailed ranges and platform conditions.

SteeltoeOSS Steeltoe.Management.Endpoint

  • < 4.2.0affected

SteeltoeOSS Steeltoe.Management.EndpointCore

  • >= 3.2.2, < 3.4.0affected

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