Opened 4 years ago
Closed 3 years ago
#2016 closed defect (duplicate)
nginx does not percent-encode Location header properly
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| Priority: | minor | Milestone: | |
| Component: | nginx-module | Version: | 1.18.x |
| Keywords: | Cc: | yurivkhan@… | |
| uname -a: | Linux partaker 5.4.0-40-generic #44-Ubuntu SMP Tue Jun 23 00:01:04 UTC 2020 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux | ||
| nginx -V: |
nginx version: nginx/1.18.0 (Ubuntu)
built with OpenSSL 1.1.1f 31 Mar 2020 TLS SNI support enabled configure arguments: --with-cc-opt='-g -O2 -fdebug-prefix-map=/build/nginx-5J5hor/nginx-1.18.0=. -fstack-protector-strong -Wformat -Werror=format-security -fPIC -Wdate-time -D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2' --with-ld-opt='-Wl,-Bsymbolic-functions -Wl,-z,relro -Wl,-z,now -fPIC' --prefix=/usr/share/nginx --conf-path=/etc/nginx/nginx.conf --http-log-path=/var/log/nginx/access.log --error-log-path=/var/log/nginx/error.log --lock-path=/var/lock/nginx.lock --pid-path=/run/nginx.pid --modules-path=/usr/lib/nginx/modules --http-client-body-temp-path=/var/lib/nginx/body --http-fastcgi-temp-path=/var/lib/nginx/fastcgi --http-proxy-temp-path=/var/lib/nginx/proxy --http-scgi-temp-path=/var/lib/nginx/scgi --http-uwsgi-temp-path=/var/lib/nginx/uwsgi --with-debug --with-compat --with-pcre-jit --with-http_ssl_module --with-http_stub_status_module --with-http_realip_module --with-http_auth_request_module --with-http_v2_module --with-http_dav_module --with-http_slice_module --with-threads --with-http_addition_module --with-http_gunzip_module --with-http_gzip_static_module --with-http_image_filter_module=dynamic --with-http_sub_module --with-http_xslt_module=dynamic --with-stream=dynamic --with-stream_ssl_module --with-mail=dynamic --with-mail_ssl_module |
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Description
When nginx is serving static files and the client requests a path that maps to a name of a directory, nginx will respond with a 301 status code and a Location header, redirecting to the same path with a trailing slash.
This Location header is not properly percent-encoded. Example 1:
$ mkdir "/var/www/html/test dir" $ curl -v "localhost/test dir" 2>&1 | grep Location < Location: http://localhost/test dir/
Example 2:
$ mkdir "/var/www/html/баг" $ curl -v "localhost/%D0%B1%D0%B0%D0%B3" 2>&1 | grep Location < Location: http://localhost/баг/
The Location header is defined in RFC 7231 section 7.1.2 as having a value of URI-reference, which, in turn, is defined in RFC 3986 section 4.1. The BNF grammar there allows a subset of ASCII characters to appear raw; all other characters must be percent-encoding.
By sheer luck, most such percent-unencoded redirects will appear to work. However, example 3:
$ mkdir "/var/www/html/foo%25" $ echo 123 >"/var/www/html/foo%25/index.html" $ mkdir "/var/www/html/foo%2525" $ echo 456 >"/var/www/html/foo%2525/index.html" $ curl -v "localhost/foo%25" 2>&1 | grep "< HTTP" < HTTP/1.1 404 Not Found # expected; foo%25 decodes to "foo%" and that does not exist $ curl "localhost/foo%2525/" 123 # expected; foo%2525 decodes to "foo%25" $ curl "localhost/foo%252525/" 456 # expected; foo%252525 decodes to "foo%2525" $ curl -Lv "localhost/foo%2525" 2>&1 | grep "> GET\|< HTTP\|Location" > GET /foo%2525 HTTP/1.1 < HTTP/1.1 301 Moved Permanently < Location: http://localhost/foo%25/ > GET /foo%25/ HTTP/1.1 < HTTP/1.1 404 Not Found # Unexpected! Note that curl is diligently repeating the path given. $ curl "localhost/foo%252525" 123 # Unexpected! By now you see what’s happening behind the scenes.
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Yes, known issue, thanks for the report.