webhookd is a minimalist webhook server that triggers shell scripts and external processes through HTTP requests. Prior to 1.22.0, webhookd deployments without htpasswd authentication forwarded all incoming HTTP headers through HTTPParamsToShellVars in pkg/api/index.go into the hook script environment without an allowlist. When an upstream reverse proxy did not strip a client-supplied X-WebAuthn-User header and a hook script trusted that variable for identity or privilege, a remote unauthenticated attacker could spoof another user, bypass script security controls, and access or modify resources available to the impersonated identity. This issue is fixed in version 1.22.0.

Affected: Go: github.com/ncarlier/webhookd

## Description Before 1.22, if the Basic Auth (`htpasswd`) middleware was not configured, all incoming HTTP headers were blindly forwarded to the webhook script execution environment as shell variables. While the Basic Auth middleware correctly strips the authentication header (`X-WebAuthn-User`) from the incoming request before conditionally re-injecting it on successful authentication, disabling Basic Auth left the system vulnerable if deployed behind an unhardened reverse proxy.

## Impact If an upstream reverse proxy is not properly hardened to strip client-provided authentication headers, an attacker could manually supply these headers (e.g., `X-WebAuthn-User`). A webhook script relying on this forwarded header for privilege elevation or identity verification could therefore be exploited to bypass security controls and impersonate other users.

## Mitigation The `WHD_ALLOWED_UPSTREAM_HEADERS` configuration setting has been introduced to enforce a strict allowlist of HTTP headers that can be converted into shell variables.

Additionally, the default behavior has been changed to adhere to the principle of least privilege. It is no longer `*` (allow all). The default allowed headers are now restricted to standard operational headers: `Accept,Content-Type,Content-Length,User-Agent,X-Forwarded-For`

Administrators relying on upstream authentication proxies must explicitly add their authentication headers (e.g., `WHD_ALLOWED_UPSTREAM_HEADERS="Accept,Content-Type,Content-Leng…