Description
The OWASP core rule set (CRS) is a set of generic attack detection rules for use with compatible web application firewalls. Prior to versions 3.3.9 and 4.25.0, a bypass was identified in OWASP CRS that allows uploading files with dangerous extensions (.php, .phar, .jsp, .jspx) by inserting whitespace padding in the filename (e.g. photo. php or shell.jsp ). The affected rules do not normalize whitespace before evaluating the file extension regex, so the dot-extension check fails to match. This issue has been patched in versions 3.3.9 and 4.25.0.
Problem types
CWE-178: Improper Handling of Case Sensitivity
Product status
>= 4.0.0-rc1, < 4.25.0
References
www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/03/29/2
seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2026/Apr/0
www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/04/18/4
github.com/...uleset/security/advisories/GHSA-rw5f-9w43-gv2w
github.com/coreruleset/coreruleset/pull/4546
github.com/coreruleset/coreruleset/pull/4547
github.com/coreruleset/coreruleset/pull/4548
github.com/...ommit/2a8c63512811c5dd74472becebb79a783e68ff02
github.com/coreruleset/coreruleset/releases/tag/v3.3.9
github.com/coreruleset/coreruleset/releases/tag/v4.25.0