Oidcc.Plug.Authorize user agent session binding inert due to case-sensitive header lookup
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- High
- Attack requirements
- Present
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · Low · None
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA.
Summary
Improper Handling of Case Sensitivity vulnerability in Erlang Ecosystem Foundation oidcc_plug (Oidcc.Plug.Authorize module) renders the user agent session binding inert, removing a defense in depth control against replay of a stolen session. This vulnerability is associated with program files lib/oidcc/plug/authorize.ex and lib/oidcc/plug/authorization_callback.ex, and program routines Oidcc.Plug.Authorize.call/2 and Oidcc.Plug.AuthorizationCallback.call/2. Oidcc.Plug.Authorize.call/2 reads the initiating client's user agent with get_req_header(conn, "User-Agent"). Plug lowercases incoming header names, but get_req_header/2 matches the supplied key exactly and performs no normalization of its own, so the mixed-case lookup always returns an empty list and nil is written into the session. On the callback side, Oidcc.Plug.AuthorizationCallback treats a stored nil user agent as nothing to compare and returns :ok without inspecting the request. The two behaviours combine so that the check passes unconditionally on every request, including for deployments that explicitly opted in with check_useragent: true, and an authorization callback can be completed from a different user agent than the one that initiated the flow without detection. The check fails open silently, with no error and no log entry, so a deployment cannot tell the binding is absent. The impact is limited to defense in depth. The inert check does not by itself allow an attacker to complete an authorization flow; it removes one layer that would otherwise hinder use of a stolen or leaked session, such as an exfiltrated session cookie replayed from a different client. The CSRF/state, nonce, and PKCE checks are unaffected and continue to function. Deployments that never enabled check_useragent are not affected in practice, since they never expected the binding. The corresponding lookup in Oidcc.Plug.AuthorizationCallback correctly uses the lowercase key and is not affected. This issue affects oidcc_plug: from 0.1.0-alpha.3 before 0.5.0.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- Poc
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Partial
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Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Erlang Ecosystem Foundation | oidcc_plug | 0.1.0-alpha.3 to before 0.5.0 | 0.5.0 | Patch available | CNA |
- oidcc_plug VendorErlang Ecosystem Foundation Affected 0.1.0-alpha.3 to before 0.5.0 Fixed in 0.5.0 Patch available CNA
Remediation
- Fix · CNA oidcc_plug (Erlang Ecosystem Foundation) Fixed in 0.5.0
Fixed in the same release
Records fixed by the same vendor advisory or release, as the CNA lists them.
- Release ·
Erlang Ecosystem Foundation oidcc_plug 0.5.0
2 records Highest priority Priority MEDIUM 2 MEDIUM
Other records, highest priority first
- TI-2026-47470 Cross-site request forgery in Erlang Ecosystem Foundation oidcc_plugPriority MEDIUM 44
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-66883
References
More Erlang Ecosystem Foundation vulnerabilities
- TI-2026-47470 Cross-site request forgery in Erlang Ecosystem Foundation oidcc_plug CVSS 4.0LOW 2.1
Sources
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