CVE-2026-39852

Quarkus authorization bypass via semicolon path normalization inconsistency

State
Published
Severity
8.8 High
Published
May 5, 2026
Updated
Aug 17, 2026
Reserved
Apr 7, 2026

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Description

Quarkus is a Java framework for building cloud-native applications. In versions prior to 3.20.6.1, 3.27.3.1, 3.33.1.1, 3.35.1.1, 3.34.7, and 3.35.2, a path normalization inconsistency between the security layer and the routing layer allows unauthenticated or lower-privileged users to bypass HTTP path-based authorization policies. Quarkus's security layer performs authorization checks on the raw URL path which preserves matrix parameters (semicolons), while RESTEasy Reactive's routing layer strips matrix parameters before matching endpoints. An attacker can append a semicolon and arbitrary text to a request URL (e.g., /api/admin;anything) to bypass policies protecting /api/admin while still routing to the protected endpoint. This issue has been fixed in versions 3.20.6.1, 3.27.3.1, 3.33.1.1, 3.35.1.1, 3.34.7, and 3.35.2.

Scores

CVSSScoreVectorSource
4.08.8 HighCVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:NGitHub_M
3.18.2 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:Hredhat-SADP

Weaknesses

  • CWE-863 Incorrect Authorization
  • CWE-551 Incorrect Behavior Order: Authorization Before Parsing and Canonicalization

Affected Products

ProductVersions
quarkusquarkusio
  • < 3.20.6.1Affected
  • >= 3.27.3.0, < 3.27.3.1Affected
  • >= 3.34.0, < 3.34.7Affected
  • >= 3.35.0, < 3.35.2Affected

References

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