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CVE-2022-23527

mod_auth_openidc: Open Redirect in oidc_validate_redirect_url() using tab character

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Severity

Moderate

Red Hat Product Security

6.1

CVSS 3.1

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Published · December 14, 2022

Updated · November 22, 2025

Description

An open redirect vulnerability was found in mod_auth_openidc, an OpenID Certified™ authentication and authorization module for the Apache 2.x HTTP server. When providing a logout parameter to the redirect URI, the existing code in oidc_validate_redirect_url() does not properly check for URLs that start with /\t, leading to an open redirect.

CVSS score applicability

The CVSS score(s) listed for this vulnerability do not reflect the associated product's status, and are included for informational purposes to better understand the severity of this vulnerability.

Mitigation

This vulnerability can mitigated by configuring mod_auth_openidc to only allow redirection whose destination matches a given regular expression with OIDCRedirectURLsAllowed.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 3.1 · 6.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

CWE-601 · URL Redirection to Untrusted Site ('Open Redirect')