Authentication Bypass by Alternate Name vulnerability in Apache Shiro.

This issue affects Apache Shiro: before 2.0.7.

Users are recommended to upgrade to version 2.0.7, which fixes the issue.

The issue only effects static files. If static files are served from a case-insensitive filesystem,
such as default macOS setup, static files may be accessed by varying the case of the filename in the request.
If only lower-case (common default) filters are present in Shiro, they may be bypassed this way.

Shiro 2.0.7 and later has a new parameters to remediate this issue
shiro.ini: filterChainResolver.caseInsensitive = true
application.propertie: shiro.caseInsensitive=true

Shiro 3.0.0 and later (upcoming) makes this the default.
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threat_severity

Moderate


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Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 5.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N'}

ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


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Description Authentication Bypass by Alternate Name vulnerability in Apache Shiro. This issue affects Apache Shiro: before 2.0.7. Users are recommended to upgrade to version 2.0.7, which fixes the issue. The issue only effects static files. If static files are served from a case-insensitive filesystem, such as default macOS setup, static files may be accessed by varying the case of the filename in the request. If only lower-case (common default) filters are present in Shiro, they may be bypassed this way. Shiro 2.0.7 and later has a new parameters to remediate this issue shiro.ini: filterChainResolver.caseInsensitive = true application.propertie: shiro.caseInsensitive=true Shiro 3.0.0 and later (upcoming) makes this the default.
Title Apache Shiro: Auth bypass when accessing static files only on case-insensitive filesystems
Weaknesses CWE-289
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: apache

Published:

Updated: 2026-02-09T16:17:43.204Z

Reserved: 2026-01-19T01:14:40.103Z

Link: CVE-2026-23903

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-02-09T10:25:43.212Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2026-02-09T10:15:57.520

Modified: 2026-02-09T18:16:06.267

Link: CVE-2026-23903

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2026-02-09T09:26:21Z

Links: CVE-2026-23903 - Bugzilla

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-02-10T12:23:44Z

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