Description
FrankenPHP before 1.13.0 contains an authentication bypass vulnerability that allows unauthenticated attackers to spoof trusted headers by sending dot-form header names that PHP rewrites to underscores. Attackers can send headers like X.Authenticated.User or X.Forwarded.For that map to $_SERVER keys, spoofing user identity, client IP, or scheme.
Published: 2026-11-13
Score: 9.1 Critical
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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History

Fri, 13 Nov 2026 09:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description FrankenPHP before 1.13.0 contains an authentication bypass vulnerability that allows unauthenticated attackers to spoof trusted headers by sending dot-form header names that PHP rewrites to underscores. Attackers can send headers like X.Authenticated.User or X.Forwarded.For that map to $_SERVER keys, spoofing user identity, client IP, or scheme.
Title FrankenPHP before 1.13.0 Authentication Bypass via Dot-Form Header Name Aliasing
First Time appeared Php
Php frankenphp
Weaknesses CWE-290
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:php:frankenphp:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Php
Php frankenphp
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.4, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N'}

cvssV4_0

{'score': 9.1, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N'}

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Php Frankenphp
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: VulnCheck

Published:

Updated: 2026-11-13T09:34:05.836Z

Reserved: 2026-11-12T20:32:53.532Z

Link: CVE-2026-128023

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2026-11-13T10:18:07.930

Modified: 2026-11-13T10:18:08.043

Link: CVE-2026-128023

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