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TI-2026-20052 Aliases CVE-2026-24853

Caido has an insufficient patch for DNS rebind leading to RCE

Priority MEDIUM 43CWE-290Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Security bypass
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · High · High
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-290.

Summary

Caido is a web security auditing toolkit. Prior to 0.55.0, Caido blocks non whitelisted domains to reach out through the 8080 port, and shows Host/IP is not allowed to connect to Caido on all endpoints. But this is bypassable by injecting a X-Forwarded-Host: 127.0.0.1:8080 header. This vulnerability is fixed in 0.55.0.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00316 24th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed caido (caido): 0.55.0

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
None
Automatable
No
Technical impact
Total

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
caidocaidobefore 0.55.00.55.0Patch availableCNA
  • caido Vendorcaido Affected before 0.55.0 Fixed in 0.55.0 Patch available CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:caido:caido:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*before 0.55.0Vulnerablecaido
  • cpe:2.3:a:caido:caido:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions before 0.55.0 Vulnerable ·caido

Remediation

  • Fix · CNA caido (caido) Fixed in 0.55.0

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-24853

References

Sources

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