SCA: security update for github.com/caddyserver/caddy/v2 (GHSA-4xrr-hq4w-6vf4)

high Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 437976

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

- Caddy is an extensible server platform that uses TLS by default. Prior to version 2.11.1, the path
sanitization routine in file matcher doesn't sanitize backslashes which can lead to bypassing path related
security protections. It affects users with specific Caddy and environment configurations. Version 2.11.1
fixes the issue. (CVE-2026-27585)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-4xrr-hq4w-6vf4

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 437976

Version: Revision 1.9

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 2/25/2026

Updated: 7/2/2026

Supported Sensors: Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 2.1

Percentile: 7.71

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Medium

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.4

Temporal Score: 5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-27585

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 5.9

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.2

Threat Score: 6.9

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:P

Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2/24/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/24/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-27585

cwe: CWE-20