CVE-2026-52747

ModSecurity is an open source, cross platform web application firewall (WAF) engine for Apache, IIS and Nginx. Prior to 3.0.16, the multipart/form-data request body parser in libmodsecurity silently removes embedded line breaks from non-file form-field values before exporting them to ARGS and ARGS_POST because src/request_body_processor/multipart.cc overwrites reserved bytes in m_reserve instead of appending the current buffer. This creates a parser differential between ModSecurity and backend applications that preserve line breaks in form fields, allowing rules that inspect ARGS or ARGS_POST to miss payloads whose dangerous syntax depends on a line break. This issue is fixed in version 3.0.16.
Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:owasp:modsecurity:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

14 Jul 2026, 20:00

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References () https://github.com/owasp-modsecurity/ModSecurity/commit/875504c2758169c41be1ad2f0cc64d896b7815d7 - () https://github.com/owasp-modsecurity/ModSecurity/commit/875504c2758169c41be1ad2f0cc64d896b7815d7 - Patch
References () https://github.com/owasp-modsecurity/ModSecurity/releases/tag/v3.0.16 - () https://github.com/owasp-modsecurity/ModSecurity/releases/tag/v3.0.16 - Product, Release Notes
References () https://github.com/owasp-modsecurity/ModSecurity/security/advisories/GHSA-rcw9-2f5r-7p88 - () https://github.com/owasp-modsecurity/ModSecurity/security/advisories/GHSA-rcw9-2f5r-7p88 - Exploit, Mitigation, Vendor Advisory
First Time Owasp modsecurity
Owasp
CPE cpe:2.3:a:owasp:modsecurity:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

13 Jul 2026, 18:16

Type Values Removed Values Added
References () https://github.com/owasp-modsecurity/ModSecurity/security/advisories/GHSA-rcw9-2f5r-7p88 - () https://github.com/owasp-modsecurity/ModSecurity/security/advisories/GHSA-rcw9-2f5r-7p88 -

10 Jul 2026, 22:16

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New CVE

Information

Published : 2026-07-10 22:16

Updated : 2026-07-14 20:00


NVD link : CVE-2026-52747

Mitre link : CVE-2026-52747

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2026-52747


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Products Affected

owasp

  • modsecurity
CWE
CWE-180

Incorrect Behavior Order: Validate Before Canonicalize