Integer overflow in URI leading to potential host spoofing
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · High · None
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA and GitHub.
Summary
Vapor is an HTTP web framework for Swift. Prior to version 4.90.0, Vapor's `vapor_urlparser_parse` function uses `uint16_t` indexes when parsing a URI's components, which may cause integer overflows when parsing untrusted inputs. This vulnerability does not affect Vapor directly but could impact applications relying on the URI type for validating user input. The URI type is used in several places in Vapor. A developer may decide to use URI to represent a URL in their application (especially if that URL is then passed to the HTTP Client) and rely on its public properties and methods. However, URI may fail to properly parse a valid (albeit abnormally long) URL, due to string ranges being converted to 16-bit integers. An attacker may use this behavior to trick the application into accepting a URL to an untrusted destination. By padding the port number with zeros, an attacker can cause an integer overflow to occur when the URL authority is parsed and, as a result, spoof the host. Version 4.90.0 contains a patch for this issue. As a workaround, validate user input before parsing as a URI or, if possible, use Foundation's `URL` and `URLComponents` utilities.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- Yes
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| vapor | vapor | before 4.90.0 | 4.90.0 | Patch available | CNA |
| — | github.com/vapor/vapor (SwiftURL) | before 4.90.0 | 4.90.0 | Patch available | GHSA-r6r4-5pr8-gjcp |
- vapor Vendorvapor Affected before 4.90.0 Fixed in 4.90.0 Patch available CNA
- github.com/vapor/vapor (SwiftURL) Vendor— Affected before 4.90.0 Fixed in 4.90.0 Patch available GHSA-r6r4-5pr8-gjcp
Remediation
- Fix · CNA vapor (vapor) Fixed in 4.90.0
- Fix · GHSA-r6r4-5pr8-gjcp github.com/vapor/vapor (SwiftURL) Fixed in 4.90.0 Advisory →
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2024-21631
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-r6r4-5pr8-gjcp
References
More Vapor vulnerabilities
- TI-2022-13064 DoS Vulnerability in URLEncodedFormDecoder in Vapor CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
- TI-2022-13051 Integer Overflow in Vapor's HTTP Range Request CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
- TI-2023-23892 Incorrect request error handling triggers server crash in Vapor CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.3
Sources
- CVE-2024-21631 · CVE Program
- CVE-2024-21631 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-r6r4-5pr8-gjcp · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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