CVE-2026-73856NVD
Vulnerability Summary
ModSecurity is an open source, cross platform web application firewall (WAF) engine for Apache, IIS and Nginx. From 3.0.0 until 3.0.17, src/transaction.cc compares a response Content-Type value against SecResponseBodyMimeType entries case-sensitively. A mixed-case response media type that is semantically equivalent to a configured lowercase type can therefore be treated as unconfigured, causing ModSecurity to skip RESPONSE_BODY inspection. An unauthenticated requester can then receive response content that a phase 4 rule would otherwise block, including sensitive error or debug data. This issue is fixed in version 3.0.17.
CVSS v3.1 Base Metrics — Score 8.6 (HIGH)
Attack VectorNetwork
Attack ComplexityLow
Privileges RequiredNone
User InteractionNone
ScopeChanged
ConfidentialityHigh
IntegrityNone
AvailabilityNone
Affected & Patched Versions
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External References
- https://github.com/owasp-modsecurity/ModSecurity/commit/23ccd9202114f8313df3773f7992782fd9949c98
- https://github.com/owasp-modsecurity/ModSecurity/releases/tag/v3.0.17
- https://github.com/owasp-modsecurity/ModSecurity/security/advisories/GHSA-vmg8-j66p-vgvw
- https://github.com/owasp-modsecurity/ModSecurity/security/advisories/GHSA-vmg8-j66p-vgvw