GHSA-85gx-3qv6-4463Published

Dapr: Service Invocation path traversal ACL bypass

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cve-program · CVE-2026-41491

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Dapr is a portable, event-driven, runtime for building distributed applications across cloud and edge. From versions 1.3.0 to before 1.15.14, 1.16.0-rc.1 to before 1.16.14, and 1.17.0-rc.1 to before 1.17.5, a vulnerability has been found in Dapr that allows bypassing access control policies for service invocation using reserved URL characters and path traversal sequences in method paths. The ACL normalized the method path independently from the dispatch layer, so the ACL evaluated one path while the target application received a different one. This issue has been patched in versions 1.15.14, 1.16.14, and 1.17.5.

Source published: 8 May 2026 13:11:13 UTC
Source modified: 8 May 2026 13:58:57 UTC
Saved here: 23 Oct 2026 15:48:27 UTC
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CVSS 3.1 · 8.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

euvd · EUVD-2026-28553

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EUVD CVSS 3.1 · 8.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

nvd · CVE-2026-41491

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Source analysis status: Analyzed

Weakness classifications: CWE-22 · CWE-284 · NVD-CWE-noinfo

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published: 2026-05-08T14:16:33.407

lastModified: 2026-11-11T20:10:00.273

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Source published: 8 May 2026 14:16:33 UTC
Source modified: 11 Nov 2026 20:10:00 UTC
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CVSS 3.1 · [email protected] · Secondary · 8.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

osv · GHSA-85gx-3qv6-4463

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### Summary A vulnerability has been found in Dapr that allows bypassing access control policies for service invocation using reserved URL characters and path traversal sequences in method paths. The ACL normalized the method path independently from the dispatch layer, so the ACL evaluated one path while the target application received a different one. Users who have configured access control policies for service invocation are strongly encouraged to upgrade Dapr to the respective patch version `1.17.5`, `1.16.14`, and `1.15.14`. ### Impact This vulnerability impacts Dapr users who have configured access control policies for service invocation. An attacker who can reach the Dapr HTTP or gRPC API could: - Use encoded path traversal (ex: `admin%2F..%2Fpublic`) to reach an allowed path while the method started from a denied prefix. - Use encoded fragment (`%23`) or query (`%3F`) characters to cause the ACL to evaluate a different path than what was delivered to the target application. ### Patches Users should upgrade immediately to their respective Dapr version `1.17.5`, `1.16.14`, and `1.15.14`. ### Details Dapr supports access control policies for service invocation, which allow operators to restrict which methods an application is permitted to call on a target app. When a request arrives, Dapr evaluates the method path against the configured policy before dispatching to the target. Prior to this fix, the ACL and the dispatch layer normalized the method path independently. The ACL used `purell.NormalizeURLString`, which decoded `%XX` sequences, resolved `../`, and stripped `#` and `?` as URL delimiters. The dispatch layer used the raw method string. This mismatch meant the ACL authorized one path while the target application received a different one. For example, a method of `admin%2F..%2Fpublic` was normalized by the ACL to public (allowed), but the target application received `admin/../public`. The gRPC API was the more dangerous vector because gRPC passes method strings raw — `#`, `?`, `../`, and control characters were all delivered literally with no client-side sanitization. ### References [This PR](https://github.com/dapr/dapr/pull/9589) signaled to us about the CVE, special thanks to @dbconfession78 for the efforts here and the original PR.

Source published: 17 Apr 2026 22:20:40 UTC
Source modified: 10 Sep 2026 03:51:01 UTC
Saved here: 24 Oct 2026 13:19:41 UTC
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CVSS_V3 · CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

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osv · GO-2026-5242

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Dapr: Service Invocation path traversal ACL bypass in github.com/dapr/dapr

Source published: 25 Jun 2026 18:43:15 UTC
Source modified: 25 Jun 2026 19:45:21 UTC
Saved here: 24 Oct 2026 13:19:41 UTC
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