GHSA-7qx6-f23w-3w7f The `GET /?redirect` endpoint in `goshs` v2.0.0-beta.6 performs an HTTP redirect to any attacker-supplied `url=` value and write

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Attackers can exploit unauthenticated open redirect and header injection in goshs to bypass security controls and fingerprint stealth deployments.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Not needed
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
A user has to click or open something
Fix
None listed

What is GHSA-7qx6-f23w-3w7f?

GHSA-7qx6-f23w-3w7f is a vulnerability in github.com/patrickhener/goshs, published on 14 Apr 2026. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

Summary

The GET /?redirect endpoint in goshs v2.0.0-beta.6 performs an HTTP redirect to any attacker-supplied url= value and writes any attacker-supplied header=Name: Value pair into the response, without scheme/host validation, without a header-name allow-list, without authentication in the default deployment, and without the checkCSRF() guard that GHSA-jrq5-hg6x-j6g3 added to the other state-changing GET routes (?mkdir, ?delete). The same dispatcher also lacks an fs.Invisible branch, so the endpoint stays responsive in -I stealth mode and reliably fingerprints an "invisible" goshs deployment with a single request.

Details

httpserver/handler.go:222-228 — the dispatcher gates ?redirect only with denyForTokenAccess (which only blocks share-token callers). It does not check fs.Invisible and does not call checkCSRF:

if _, ok := req.URL.Query()["redirect"]; ok {
    if denyForTokenAccess(w, req) {
        return true
    }
    fs.handleRedirect(w, req)
    return true
}

httpserver/handler.go:753-787 — handleRedirect:

func (fs *FileServer) handleRedirect(w http.ResponseWriter, req *http.Request) {
    q := req.URL.Query()

    target := q.Get("url")                                   // (1) no scheme/host validation
    if target == "" { /* 400 */ }

    status := http.StatusFound
    if s := q.Get("status"); s != "" {                        // (2) only constrained to 3xx
        code, err := strconv.Atoi(s)
        if err != nil || code < 300 || code > 399 { /* 400 */ }
        status = code
    }

    for _, h := range q["header"] {                          // (3) arbitrary header set
        parts := strings.SplitN(h, ": ", 2)
        if len(parts) != 2 || strings.TrimSpace(parts[0]) == "" { /* 400 */ }
        w.Header().Set(strings.TrimSpace(parts[0]), parts[1])
    }

    http.Redirect(w, req, target, status)                    // (4) attacker Location

    body := fs.emitCollabEvent(req, status)
    logger.LogRequest(req, status, fs.Verbose, fs.Webhook, body)
}

httpserver/server.go:85-100 — BasicAuthMiddleware is registered only when fs.User != "" || fs.Pass != ""; the default goshs invocation has neither, so ?redirect is open to anyone on the network.Give all details on the vulnerability. Pointing to the incriminated source code is very helpful for the maintainer.

PoC

poc.zip Please extract the uploaded compressed file before proceeding

  1. docker build -t goshs-poc .
  2. sh poc.sh

<img width="1379" height="197" alt="스크린샷 2026-04-13 오후 8 04 20" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/a557846f-47c7-4640-9fc5-34aa099d1a57" />

Impact

  • Cross-subdomain session fixation — Set-Cookie: …; Domain=.corp.com lands a fixed session on every sibling app on the parent domain.
  • TLS downgrade — Strict-Transport-Security: max-age=0 invalidates prior HSTS state for the origin, enabling MITM on subsequent visits.

Which versions are affected by GHSA-7qx6-f23w-3w7f?

6 open source packages ship an affected version, including github.com/patrickhener/goshs and github.com/patrickhener/goshs/v2.

PackageAffectedFixed in
github.com/patrickhener/goshs GoAll versionsNone
github.com/patrickhener/goshs GoAll versions to 1.1.4None
github.com/patrickhener/goshs GoAll versions to 1.1.4None
github.com/patrickhener/goshs/v2 GoAll versionsNone
github.com/patrickhener/goshs/v2 GoAll versions to 2.0.0-beta.6None
github.com/patrickhener/goshs/v2 GoAll versions to 2.0.0-beta.6None

How do I fix GHSA-7qx6-f23w-3w7f?

No fix has been published for GHSA-7qx6-f23w-3w7f yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is GHSA-7qx6-f23w-3w7f being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of GHSA-7qx6-f23w-3w7f in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GO-2026-5232.

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