Machine-written summary
Summary written by Claude Haiku from the source advisory. Not reviewed by a person.
Coraza (github.com/corazawaf/coraza/v3) versions before 3.8.1 are vulnerable, because its cookie parser does not strip control characters adjacent to the "=" separator, so it can index a different cookie name or value than the backend application does. An attacker who can send a crafted Cookie header can use this mismatch to evade SecRule checks scoped to specific cookies, which hides cookie-carried attacks from inspection. Upgrade to version 3.8.1, which is listed as the fixed version.
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Severity and exploitation
| Score | Rating | CVSS | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4.0 | Medium | 3.1 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:N | CNA (GitHub_M) |
- CISA KEV Not listed.
- EPSS 0.0030, the 22nd percentile, on 5 Nov 2026: FIRST’s estimate of the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.
Timeline
- 31 Oct 2026, 14:11 UTC First seen by agentprime
- 31 Oct 2026, 14:11 UTC Confirmed by OSV
Sources
- GitHub Advisory Database: GHSA-g4qm-m288-5cp9
- OSV: GHSA-g4qm-m288-5cp9
- github.com/corazawaf/coraza/security/advisories/GHSA-g4qm-m288-5cp9
- github.com/corazawaf/coraza/commit/0b940e197ad9983fb3aa36e84f1f81ff985461af
- github.com/corazawaf/coraza/commit/9f8521398d1ff023b958fad0b944cac265763866
- github.com/corazawaf/coraza
- github.com/corazawaf/coraza/releases/tag/v3.8.1