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The named-entity table only recognized 5 entities (quot, amp, lt, gt, nbsp). Any other named entity fell through to "copy raw", so rules using t:htmlEntityDecode could be evaded by encoding ASCII bytes as named entities. For example, "javascript:execute_my_code();" was not matched by a rule checking "javascript:". Replace the if/else cascade with a length-aware lookup table covering all ASCII-mapping named entities listed in the advisory: the original 5 plus apos, colon, num, dollar, percnt, lpar, rpar, ast, plus, comma, hyphen, period, sol, semi, equals, quest, commat, lbrack, bsol, rbrack, caret, lowbar, grave, lbrace, verbar, rbrace, tilde. The length-aware compare also closes a separate prefix-collision bug: strncasecmp(x, "lt", 2) matched any token starting with "lt", so "<est;" decoded to "<" with the trailing "est" silently dropped. Tokens of unrecognized length now fall through to "copy raw" unchanged. Adds unit test cases covering the advisory bypass, case-insensitive matching, and the prefix-collision regression.
Address review feedback on PR #1: replace the hand-maintained len fields in named_entities[] with a NAMED_ENTITY(name_lit, character) macro that derives the length from sizeof(name_lit) - 1 at compile time. Eliminates the bug class of mismatched length values. Uses plain aggregate initialization (no designated initializers), since the project mandates C++17 via AX_CXX_COMPILE_STDCXX(17, noext, mandatory). Also rename the unit-test fixture to drop the advisory identifier from its filename, so it does not leak the GHSA reference once published.
…n case Wire test/test-cases/unit/transformation-html-entity-decode.json into test-suite.in per review feedback on PR #1 - without this the file was never picked up by `make check`. Add a full-pipeline regression case to test/test-cases/regression/ transformations.json reproducing the advisory scenario end to end. A literal "&" in a query string (e.g. q=javascript:execute_my_code()) is split into two ARGS by Transaction::extractArguments before htmlEntityDecode ever runs, since argument splitting on '&' happens before percent-decoding (src/transaction.cc). That delivery mechanism can't demonstrate the bypass regardless of the transformation fix. The ampersand must arrive percent-encoded (%26) to survive as literal text inside a single ARGS value, matching how a browser would encode it when submitting the payload as form/query data.
Co-authored-by: Ervin Hegedus <airween@gmail.com>
The JSON-body regression case was missing the closing bracket for its "rules" array, making the file unparseable. Also de-duplicate its title (it was copy-pasted from the query-string case) and fix a copy-pasted Accept header typo (xhtmlxml -> xhtml+xml).
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Co-authored-by: Ervin Hegedus <airween@gmail.com>
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… in MP part; * feat: introduce new error indicating variable: MULTIPART_DUPLICATE_PART_HEADER
Co-authored-by: Max Leske <250711+theseion@users.noreply.github.com>
The ­/  expected output was written as literal Unicode characters (U+00AD, U+00A0). JSON strings are UTF-8, so that decodes to the 2-byte sequences \xc2\xad/\xc2\xa0, but the decoder emits a single raw byte per named entity (matching existing behavior since the original htmlEntityDecode implementation). Use the \xNN textual-escape convention already used for in test/test-cases/secrules-language-tests/transformations/htmlEntityDecode.json, which test/unit/unit_test.cc's json2bin() unescapes to a single byte. Addresses review comment: https://github.com/owasp-modsecurity/ModSecurity-ghsa-cxqf-vgrr-xxrv/pull/1#discussion_r4060712237 Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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Navigate logical layers of code changes, visualize relationships, and explore their blast radius. 📝 WalkthroughWalkthroughVersion 3.0.17 updates multipart filename parsing and variables, regex error handling, transformations, XML argument parsing, response-body content-type matching, and HTTPS host verification. The release notes also record additional fixes and an LMDB configuration change. ChangesMultipart filename and header handling
Regex operator error handling
Transformation behavior
XML argument parsing
Response content-type matching
Remote download host verification
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Priority: ➖ Normal Estimated code review effort: 4 (Complex) | ~60 minutes Change: Bug fix Sequence Diagram(s)sequenceDiagram
participant Multipart
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Multipart->>MultipartPart: Store filename*, charset, language, and offsets
Multipart->>TransactionVariables: Publish multipart filename and metadata
Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to This security release introduces a few gaps. If configured MIME types use mixed case, response-body inspection can be skipped. Remote-rule keys can be sent without encryption over plain HTTP URLs. URL-safe Base64 that uses a period may still decode incorrectly. Resolve these before merging. Security Architecture ReviewSecurity architecture risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to A configuration casing mismatch introduced by this release can prevent response bodies from being inspected in affected deployments. The multipart changes preserve the examined error and filename-publication controls. A separate remote-download secret-exposure condition remains, but the changed TLS setting does not appear to introduce it. Retained concerns
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🟠 Major · Require HTTPS before sending the key. · https_client.cc:80
src/utils/https_client.cc:80
🔒 Security & Privacy | 🛡️ Detected with Advanced Tier | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick winSensitive Data Exposure
Reachability: Internal
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CWE: CWE-319 — Cleartext Transmission of Sensitive InformationRequire HTTPS before sending the key.
The scanner in
src/parser/seclang-scanner.ll(Lines 1344–1378) passes the configured URL and key todownload(). This method accepts the URL and addsm_keyto the request headers. If the URL useshttp://, an on-path observer can readModSec-keyin plaintext. libcurl allows built-in protocols by default, andCURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYHOSTapplies only to TLS. (curl.se)Reject non-HTTPS URLs before sending the request.
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test/test-cases/regression/variable-XML.json (1)
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@rx amatches the earlierpineappleargument. The test can return 403 even if XML parsing continues pastSecArgumentsLimit 10. Match a specific argument at the intended boundary, and add an assertion that an argument after the limit is absent.🤖 Prompt for AI Agents
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Review comments at @src/request_body_processor/multipart.cc:
- Line 504: Update the m_filenameStarOffset calculation to subtract the raw
filename* value length rather than decoded_value.size(), so the offset
identifies the start of the percent-encoded value.
Review comments at @src/transaction.cc:
- Line 1132: Normalize configured MIME-type tokens before comparing them with
the lowercased response content type. At src/transaction.cc lines 1132-1132,
update the lookup so phase-4 inspection runs for case-insensitive matches; at
src/transaction.cc lines 1183-1183, apply the same normalization so the response
body is collected.
Review comments at @src/utils/base64.cc:
- Line 119: Update the decode lookup table used by decode_forgiven_engine so the
entry for `.` maps to value 62 instead of -2. Preserve the existing mappings for
all other characters.
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- Line 637: Update the SecRule for MULTIPART_FILENAME_CHARSET to use the @gt
operator with the numeric threshold 0 instead of the malformed implicit regex
operator, so the chained rule correctly evaluates the count.
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- Line 794: Update the parser-state expectations for the `-18` and `-16` cases
in the `MULTIPART_STRICT_ERROR` regression fixture: change `DH` and `IP` to `0`
in both `error_log` values, leaving the other state fields unchanged.
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- Line 80: Restrict the libcurl request configured at CURLOPT_URL to HTTPS
before it sends the request headers containing m_key. Ensure redirects cannot
switch the request to a non-HTTPS protocol if redirect following is enabled.
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Review comments at @test/test-cases/regression/variable-XML.json:
- Line 790: Update the SecRule ARGS check in the variable-XML regression case to
match a specific argument at the SecArgumentsLimit 10 boundary instead of the
earlier pineapple argument, and add an assertion that an argument beyond the
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Correct the parser-state expectations for the -18 and -16 cases.
Both cases should report DH 0 and IP 0. The parser returns before it sets either flag.
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- "error_log": "data \"PE 1, BQ 0, BW 0, DB 0, DA 0, DH 1, HF 0, LF 0, SM 0, IQ 0, IP 1",
+ "error_log": "data \"PE 1, BQ 0, BW 0, DB 0, DA 0, DH 0, HF 0, LF 0, SM 0, IQ 0, IP 0",Apply the same change to the expectation at line 851.
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Update the parser-state expectations for the `-18` and `-16` cases in the
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We're getting an error with ModSecurity in our HAProxy instance now: ‘filter’ : modsecurity : Rules error. File: /etc/hapee-3.3/modsec.rules.d/modsecurity.conf. Line: 85. Column: 265. Expecting a variable, got: : MULTIPART_DUPLICATE_PART_HEADER}, \ We are loading ModSecurity ourselves. Does that have anything to do with the error? |
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hi @dbagarozza, thanks for reporting this issue.
could you show the whole rule? |
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We are using an Azure Enterprise HAProxy instance provided by Azure. The OWASP Core Rule Set (CRS) and the corresponding ModSecurity configuration are downloaded via the following script, which is provided by Azure: /opt/hapee-3.3/bin/hapee-lb-modsecurity-getcrs This script retrieves the rule sets from the repository and configurations, etc and this will be loaded from HaProxy. This line number corresponds exactly to this section in modsecurity.conf: |
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When i change the variable from MULTIPART_DUPLICATE_PART_HEADER to MULTIPART_PART_HEADERS it works for us. |
This is very strange... There are two places in a new regression test where we check this new variable: https://github.com/owasp-modsecurity/ModSecurity/pull/3647/changes#diff-28dc528c9ac1cc6dd677f9d60214f76051e7e159f76b9f92357e5bdad108145fR532 and all check were success, including this one which contains the variable. Now I ran the test and it was success again - but with your example I got the same result. Let me check this soon. |
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Ah, I found the cause - in my case. The output of Could you check your config with these eye? |
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This is a cumulative patch set for a security release. The PR contains 6 fixes for their security advisories.
@rxGlobalPCRE2 error handling: match-limit fail-open and invalid-pattern crasht:removeCommentsmishandles the character after a comment terminator, bypassing rulest:base64DecodeExtdoes not decode-and_, bypassing rules on URL-safe encoded payloadsfilename*parameter bypasses multipart filename ruleswhy
A lot of advisories received and we tried to fix most of them, this is why it's all in one.
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A lot of advisories received and we tried to fix most of them, this is why it's all in one.
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