HIGH 8.6 NVD
CVE-2026-73856
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 compa
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.
References
- https://github.com/owasp-modsecurity/ModSecurity/commit/23ccd9202114f8313df3773f7992782fd9
- https://github.com/owasp-modsecurity/ModSecurity/releases/tag/v3.0.17
- https://github.com/owasp-modsecurity/ModSecurity/security/advisories/GHSA-vmg8-j66p-vgvw
This high severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 8.6 was published on 2026-11-05 via NVD.
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