CVE-2025-29914: OWASP Coraza WAF has parser confusion which leads to wrong URI in `REQUEST_FILENAME`

March 20, 2025

URLs starting with // are not parsed properly, and the request REQUEST_FILENAME variable contains a wrong value, leading to potential rules bypass.

References

github.com/advisories/GHSA-q9f5-625g-xm39
github.com/corazawaf/coraza
github.com/corazawaf/coraza/commit/4722c9ad0d502abd56b8d6733c6b47eb4111742d
github.com/corazawaf/coraza/security/advisories/GHSA-q9f5-625g-xm39
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-29914

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