CVE-2023-29406

MEDIUMNVD 6.56.5—
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence

Score 6.5 from GitHub Security Advisory published 2023-07-11. NVD baseline CVSS 6.5; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: epss, ghsa, nvd
6.5
EchelonGraph verdictMonitorLow exploitation likelihood right now — keep watching.
  • Lower severity and no public exploit yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS: 1%CVSS: 6.5Exploit: NoneExposed: 0

A fix is available — apply it.

The HTTP/1 client does not fully validate the contents of the Host header. A maliciously crafted Host header can inject additional headers or entire requests. With fix, the HTTP/1 client now refuses to send requests containing an invalid Request.Host or Request.URL.Host value.

CVSS v3
6.5
EG Score
6.5(medium)
EPSS
65.9%
KEV
Not listed

Published

July 11, 2023

Last Modified

November 21, 2024

References (12)

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2023-29406(20)

These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.

Patch Availability(30)

Vendor / EcosystemFixed in / PatchReleasedSource
redhatgit-lfs-0:3.4.1-1.el82024-05-22redhat
redhatgit-lfs-0:3.4.1-1.el92024-04-30redhat
redhatadvanced-cluster-security/rhacs-main-rhel8:4.4.0-172024-03-28redhat
redhatodf4/cephcsi-rhel9:v4.15.0-372024-03-19redhat
redhatmta/mta-windup-addon-rhel9:6.2.2-32024-02-28redhat
redhatopenshift-0:4.14.0-202401121302.p0.ge36e183.assembly.stream.el82024-01-23redhat
redhatopenshift-clients-0:4.14.0-202311031050.p0.g9b1e0d2.assembly.stream.el82023-11-15redhat
redhatcontainer-tools:4.0-8090020230828093056.e7857ab12023-11-14redhat
redhatcontainer-tools:rhel8-8090020230825121312.e7857ab12023-11-14redhat
redhatcontainer-tools:4.0-8090020231009143402.d7b6f4b72023-11-14redhat
redhatyggdrasil-worker-forwarder-0:0.0.3-1.el8sat2023-11-08redhat
redhatpodman-2:4.6.1-5.el92023-11-07redhat
redhattoolbox-0:0.0.99.4-6.el9_32023-11-07redhat
redhatskopeo-2:1.13.3-1.el92023-11-07redhat
redhatbuildah-1:1.31.3-1.el92023-11-07redhat
redhatcontainernetworking-plugins-1:1.3.0-4.el92023-11-07redhat
redhatopenshift-serverless-clients-0:1.9.2-4.el82023-11-03redhat
redhatopenshift-serverless-1-tech-preview/logic-swf-devmode-rhel8:1.30.0-92023-11-02redhat
redhatrhmtc/openshift-velero-plugin-rhel8:v1.7.14-32023-10-30redhat
redhatopenshift-secondary-scheduler-operator/secondary-scheduler-operator-rhel8:v1.1-372023-10-26redhat
redhatrun-once-duration-override-operator/run-once-duration-override-rhel8:v1.0-302023-10-26redhat
redhatoadp/oadp-velero-rhel8:1.1.7-62023-10-25redhat
redhatcryostat-tech-preview/cryostat-rhel8-operator:2.3.1-112023-10-23redhat
redhatopenshift-logging/logging-loki-rhel8:v2.9.2-22023-10-20redhat
redhatetcd-0:3.3.23-15.el8ost2023-10-20redhat
redhatstf/smart-gateway-rhel8-operator:5.0.1-92023-10-20redhat
redhatnetwork-observability/network-observability-rhel9-operator:v1.4.0-512023-10-20redhat
redhatopenshift-logging/logging-loki-rhel8:v2.9.2-12023-10-20redhat
redhatrhosp-rhel8/osp-director-operator-bundle:1.3.0-192023-10-19redhat
redhatgolang-0:1.19.13-1.el9_22023-10-16redhat

Patches are aggregated from vendor advisories (Red Hat, Microsoft, Cisco, GitHub) and package ecosystems (OSV, GHSA). Multiple rows for the same upstream release have been deduplicated.

Affected Packages

(1 across 1 ecosystem)
Go(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
stdlib—1.20.6—

Weakness Classification(2)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

Additional Vendor Advisories

(12)

Vendors that published advisories for this CVE beyond the curated set above. Broader coverage but minimal per-row detail — click through for the original advisory.

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 9× in last 7d / 45× in last 30d)

Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.

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  58. 2026-05-24 21:27 UTCVendor advisory
  59. 2026-05-24 21:27 UTCGHSA enrichment

Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2023-29406?
CVE-2023-29406 is a medium vulnerability published on July 11, 2023. The HTTP/1 client does not fully validate the contents of the Host header. A maliciously crafted Host header can inject additional headers or entire requests. With fix, the HTTP/1 client now refuses to send requests containing an invalid Request.Host or Request.URL.Host value.
When was CVE-2023-29406 disclosed?
CVE-2023-29406 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on July 11, 2023, with the most recent update on November 21, 2024. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2023-29406 actively exploited?
CVE-2023-29406 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 65.9% percentile likelihood of exploitation in the next 30 days — higher percentiles indicate greater predicted risk.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2023-29406?
CVE-2023-29406 has a CVSS v3 base score of 6.5 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2023-29406?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2023-29406, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

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