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EUVD-2026-274995

fkie_cve-2026-30852

Caddy is an extensible server platform that uses TLS by default. From version 2.7.5 to before version 2.11.2, the vars_regexp matcher in vars.go:337 double-expands user-controlled input through the Caddy replacer. When vars_regexp matches against a placeholder like {http.request.header.X-Input}, the header value gets resolved once (expected), then passed through repl.ReplaceAll() again (the bug). This means an attacker can put {env.DATABASE_URL} or {file./etc/passwd} in a request header and the server will evaluate it, leaking environment variables, file contents, and system info. This issue has been patched in version 2.11.2.

GHSA-m2w3-8f23-hxxf — Caddy's vars_regexp double-expands user input, leaking env vars and files

Affected: Go: github.com/caddyserver/caddy/v2/modules/caddyhttp

### Summary

The `vars_regexp` matcher in `vars.go:337` double-expands user-controlled input through the Caddy replacer. When `vars_regexp` matches against a placeholder like `{http.request.header.X-Input}`, the header value gets resolved once (expected), then passed through `repl.ReplaceAll()` again (the bug). This means an attacker can put `{env.DATABASE_URL}` or `{file./etc/passwd}` in a request header and the server will evaluate it, leaking environment variables, file contents, and system info.

`header_regexp` does NOT do this — it passes header values straight to `Match()`. So this is a code-level inconsistency, not intended behavior.

### Details

The bug is at `modules/caddyhttp/vars.go`, line 337 in `MatchVarsRE.MatchWithError()`:

```go valExpanded := repl.ReplaceAll(varStr, "") if match := val.Match(valExpanded, repl); match { ```

When the key is a placeholder like `{http.request.header.X-Input}`, `repl.Get()` resolves it to the raw header value (first expansion, line 318). Then `repl.ReplaceAll()` runs on that value again (second expansion, line 337), which evaluates any `{env.*}`, `{file.*}`, `{system.*}` placeholders the user put in there.

For comparison, `header_regexp` (`matchers.go:1129`) and `path_regexp` (`matchers.go:703`) both pass values directly to `Match()` without this second expansion.

This `repl.ReplaceAll()` was added by PR #5408 to fix #5406 (vars_regexp not working with placeholder keys). The fix was needed for resolving the key, but it also…

UBUNTU-CVE-2026-30852

Affected: Ubuntu:Pro:24.04:LTS: caddy, Ubuntu:25.10: caddy, Ubuntu:Pro:26.04:LTS: caddy