AdGuard Home: HTTP/2 Cleartext (h2c) Upgrade Authentication Bypass
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 · CNA. Fix status from CNA and GitHub. Impact type from CWE-287.
Summary
AdGuard Home is a network-wide software for blocking ads and tracking. Prior to 0.107.73, an unauthenticated remote attacker can bypass all authentication in AdGuardHome by sending an HTTP/1.1 request that requests an upgrade to HTTP/2 cleartext (h2c). Once the upgrade is accepted, the resulting HTTP/2 connection is handled by the inner mux, which has no authentication middleware attached. All subsequent HTTP/2 requests on that connection are processed as fully authenticated, regardless of whether any credentials were provided. This vulnerability is fixed in 0.107.73.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- Poc
- Automatable
- Yes
- Technical impact
- Total
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AdguardTeam | AdGuardHome | before 0.107.73 | 0.107.73 | Patch available | CNA |
| — | github.com/AdguardTeam/AdGuardHome (Go) | before 0.107.73 | 0.107.73 | Patch available | GHSA-5fg6-wrq4-w5gh |
- AdGuardHome VendorAdguardTeam Affected before 0.107.73 Fixed in 0.107.73 Patch available CNA
- github.com/AdguardTeam/AdGuardHome (Go) Vendor— Affected before 0.107.73 Fixed in 0.107.73 Patch available GHSA-5fg6-wrq4-w5gh
Remediation
- Fix · CNA AdGuardHome (AdguardTeam) Fixed in 0.107.73
- Fix · GHSA-5fg6-wrq4-w5gh github.com/AdguardTeam/AdGuardHome (Go) Fixed in 0.107.73 Advisory →
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-32136
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-5fg6-wrq4-w5gh
References
More AdguardTeam vulnerabilities
- TI-2026-30037 AdGuard Home Authentication Bypass via Path Traversal in Admin-Token Cookie CVSS 4.0CRITICAL 9.2
Sources
- CVE-2026-32136 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-32136 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-5fg6-wrq4-w5gh · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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