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Critical severityNVD Advisory· Published Dec 27, 2022· Updated Apr 11, 2025

Improper access control in github.com/gorilla/handlers

CVE-2017-20146

Description

Usage of the CORS handler may apply improper CORS headers, allowing the requester to explicitly control the value of the Access-Control-Allow-Origin header, which bypasses the expected behavior of the Same Origin Policy.

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Affected packages

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PackageAffected versionsPatched versions
github.com/gorilla/handlersGo
< 1.3.01.3.0

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