What is CVE-2026-71277?
CVE-2026-71277 is a critical authentication bypass in rust-iot-platform's AuthToken guard implementation. The vulnerability only checks for the presence of the Authorization HTTP header without validating its value against any session or signature. This allows anyone with an arbitrary non-empty Authorization header to gain unauthorized access; immediate implementation of token validation logic is required.
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link basis: same weakness class CWE-287
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How does CVE-2026-71277 allow unauthorized access in rust-iot-platform?
The vulnerability stems from the AuthToken guard only checking for the presence of the Authorization HTTP header without validating its value against any session or signature. This allows anyone sending an arbitrary non-empty Authorization header to gain unauthorized access.
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