GHSA-rc95-pcm8-65v9
Quarkus has Authentication/Authorization bypasses
Packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maven | io.quarkus:quarkus-vertx-http | < 3.20.6.1 | 3.20.6.1 |
| Maven | io.quarkus:quarkus-vertx-http | >= 3.21.0, < 3.27.3.1 | 3.27.3.1 |
| Maven | io.quarkus:quarkus-vertx-http | >= 3.30.0, < 3.33.1.1 | 3.33.1.1 |
| Maven | io.quarkus:quarkus-vertx-http | >= 3.34.0, < 3.35.1.1 | 3.35.1.1 |
Details
As written in the advisory (Markdown source, shown as plain text).
Quarkus version 3.32.4 is vulnerable to an authorization bypass issue (GHSL-2026-099), in which semicolons (matrix parameters) in HTTP requests can be used to bypass security constraints, potentially allowing unauthorized access to protected resources.
Unauthenticated or lower-privileged users can bypass HTTP path-based authorization policies by appending a semicolon (`;`) and arbitrary text to the request URL. The vulnerability arises from a path-normalization inconsistency: Quarkus's [security layer](https://quarkus.io/guides/security-authorize-web-endpoints-reference) performs authorization checks on the raw URL path (which preserves matrix parameters), whereas RESTEasy Reactive's routing layer strips matrix parameters before matching endpoints. This allows requests like `/api/admin;anything` to bypass policies protecting `/api/admin` while still routing to the protected endpoint.
### Impact
This issue may lead to Authentication/Authorization bypasses.
### Credits
This issue was discovered with the [GitHub Security Lab Taskflow Agent](https://github.com/GitHubSecurityLab/seclab-taskflow-agent) and manually verified by GHSL team members [@p- (Peter Stöckli)](https://github.com/p-) and [@m-y-mo (Man Yue Mo)](https://github.com/m-y-mo).
References
External links from the advisory. They lead to third-party sites.
- https://github.com/quarkusio/quarkus/security/advisories/GHSA-rc95-pcm8-65v9
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-39852
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:11720
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:11721
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:13631
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:17789
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:25089
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:34608
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:54435
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-39852
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2457819
- https://github.com/quarkusio/quarkus
- https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-39852.json