Description
Algernon is a small self-contained pure-Go web server. Prior to version 1.17.10, Algernon's URL-prefix authorization gate matches its protected prefixes (/admin, /repo, /data) with case-sensitive strings.HasPrefix, while the exact same raw req.URL.Path is later resolved against the filesystem. On case-insensitive filesystems (Windows NTFS — always; macOS APFS/HFS+ — default), a request for /Admin/secret.lua evades every protected-prefix check, falls through to the public-prefix accept branch, and then resolves on disk to admin/secret.lua. The result is an unauthenticated bypass of the /admin, /repo, and /data authorization boundary, enabling read (and, for Lua files, execution) of protected content. The permission system is active in the default configuration. This issue has been patched in version 1.17.10.
Published: 2026-11-12
Score: 9.4 Critical
EPSS: n/a
KEV: No
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Thu, 12 Nov 2026 19:45:00 +0000

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Description Algernon is a small self-contained pure-Go web server. Prior to version 1.17.10, Algernon's URL-prefix authorization gate matches its protected prefixes (/admin, /repo, /data) with case-sensitive strings.HasPrefix, while the exact same raw req.URL.Path is later resolved against the filesystem. On case-insensitive filesystems (Windows NTFS — always; macOS APFS/HFS+ — default), a request for /Admin/secret.lua evades every protected-prefix check, falls through to the public-prefix accept branch, and then resolves on disk to admin/secret.lua. The result is an unauthenticated bypass of the /admin, /repo, and /data authorization boundary, enabling read (and, for Lua files, execution) of protected content. The permission system is active in the default configuration. This issue has been patched in version 1.17.10.
Title Algernon: Case-insensitive filesystem lets unauthenticated requests bypass /admin,/repo,/data permission-prefix gate
Weaknesses CWE-178
CWE-863
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 9.4, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L'}


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Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

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Updated: 2026-11-12T19:39:10.279Z

Reserved: 2026-07-30T19:56:44.101Z

Link: CVE-2026-68548

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Status : Deferred

Published: 2026-11-12T20:18:51.307

Modified: 2026-11-12T20:18:51.520

Link: CVE-2026-68548

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