Skipper contains an incomplete fix for CVE-2026-50197 in which oversized request bodies bypass Open Policy Agent (OPA) deny-on-presence Rego policies. When a request body exceeds the configured maxBodyBytes limit, Skipper forwards the full payload to the upstream service while OPA evaluates against an empty parsed_body, so policies that deny requests based on body content are not enforced and forbidden actions proceed. No fixed version is available; v0.27.26 adds documentation guidance only.
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/skipper-incomplete-fix-for-cve-2026-50197-policy-bypass
https://github.com/zalando/skipper/security/advisories/GHSA-8qqm-fp2q-v734
Published: 2026-07-23
Updated: 2026-07-24
Base Score: 8.5
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:P/A:N
Severity: High
Base Score: 8.2
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N
Severity: High
Base Score: 8.8
Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Severity: High
EPSS: 0.0029