---
title: "CVE-2026-105299: Pingora - Broken Access Control"
description: "Pingora before 0.9.0 contains an HTTP header injection caused by improper removal of Connection and hop-by-hop headers in upstream_request_filter, letting remote attackers bypass IP-based authorization by removing trusted headers, exploit requires chained HTTP/1 intermediary deployment."
url: https://panop.io/threat-heartbeat/CVE-2026-105299/
---

# CVE-2026-105299 Pingora - Broken Access Control

Pingora before 0.9.0 contains an HTTP header injection caused by improper removal of Connection and hop-by-hop headers in upstream\_request\_filter, letting remote attackers bypass IP-based authorization by removing trusted headers, exploit requires chained HTTP/1 intermediary deployment.

CVSS base score 8.7 /10

High

CISA KEV

Not listed

Public exploit

None known

[View the NVD record ↗](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-105299)

## Details

Type

Broken Access Control

Impact

Broken Access Control

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N

Published

20 October 2026

Updated

20 October 2026

## Vendor fix

Upgrade to Pingora version 0.9.0 or later; alternatively, remove Connection and nominated headers in upstream\_request\_filter before adding trusted headers.

Patching closes this CVE. It does not tell you which of your systems run the affected version, or what else is exposed alongside them.

## References

- [https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-105299](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-105299)
- [https://github.com/cloudflare/pingora](https://github.com/cloudflare/pingora)

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- Whether you run the affected software, and where
- Whether an attacker can actually reach and exploit it
- The misconfigurations that never get a CVE number
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