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CVE-2024-21631

Integer overflow in URI leading to potential host spoofing

6.5 MediumFix available

Vapor is an HTTP web framework for Swift. Prior to version 4.90.0, Vapor's vapor_urlparser_parse function uses uint16_t indexes when parsing a URI's components, which may cause integer overflows when parsing untrusted inputs. This vulnerability does not affect Vapor directly but could impact applications relying on the URI type for validating user input. The URI type is used in several places in Vapor. A developer may decide to use URI to represent a URL in their application (especially if that URL is then passed to the HTTP Client) and rely on its public properties and methods. However, URI may fail to properly parse a valid (albeit abnormally long) URL, due to string ranges being converted to 16-bit integers. An attacker may use this behavior to trick the application into accepting a URL to an untrusted destination. By padding the port number with zeros, an attacker can cause an integer overflow to occur when the URL authority is parsed and, as a result, spoof the host. Version 4.90.0 contains a patch for this issue. As a workaround, validate user input before parsing as a URI or, if possible, use Foundation's URL and URLComponents utilities.

Attack profile

How easy it is to exploit

Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges needed
Low
User interaction
None

What an attacker can affect

Confidentiality
None
Integrity
High
Availability
None

Exploit likelihood

0.60%Up 0.6 points since Jan 18, 2024
90%50%10%1%

What each source reports

CVE List Score used 6.5

Integer overflow in URI leading to potential host spoofing

Vapor is an HTTP web framework for Swift. Prior to version 4.90.0, Vapor's vapor_urlparser_parse function uses uint16_t indexes when parsing a URI's components, which may cause integer overflows when parsing untrusted inputs. This vulnerability does not affect Vapor directly but could impact applications relying on the URI type for validating user input. The URI type is used in several places in Vapor. A developer may decide to use URI to represent a URL in their application (especially if that URL is then passed to the HTTP Client) and rely on its public properties and methods. However, URI may fail to properly parse a valid (albeit abnormally long) URL, due to string ranges being converted to 16-bit integers. An attacker may use this behavior to trick the application into accepting a URL to an untrusted destination. By padding the port number with zeros, an attacker can cause an integer overflow to occur when the URL authority is parsed and, as a result, spoof the host. Version 4.90.0 contains a patch for this issue. As a workaround, validate user input before parsing as a URI or, if possible, use Foundation's URL and URLComponents utilities.

Record
CVE-2024-21631
CVSS 3.1
6.5 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Weakness
CWE-20, CWE-190, CWE-1104
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2024-0412 6.5

Vapor is an HTTP web framework for Swift. Prior to version 4.90.0, Vapor's vapor_urlparser_parse function uses uint16_t indexes when parsing a URI's components, which may cause integer overflows when parsing untrusted inputs. This vulnerability does not affect Vapor directly but could impact applications relying on the URI type for validating user input. The URI type is used in several places in Vapor. A developer may decide to use URI to represent a URL in their application (especially if that URL is then passed to the HTTP Client) and rely on its public properties and methods. However, URI may fail to properly parse a valid (albeit abnormally long) URL, due to string ranges being converted to 16-bit integers. An attacker may use this behavior to trick the application into accepting a URL to an untrusted destination. By padding the port number with zeros, an attacker can cause an integer overflow to occur when the URL authority is parsed and, as a result, spoof the host. Version 4.90.0 contains a patch for this issue. As a workaround, validate user input before parsing as a URI or, if possible, use Foundation's URL and URLComponents utilities.

Record
EUVD-2024-0412
CVSS 3.1
6.5 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Updated
2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-r6r4-5pr8-gjcp 6.5

Vapor contains an integer overflow in URI leading to potential host spoofing

Vapor's vapor_urlparser_parse function uses uint16_t indexes when parsing a URI's components, which may cause integer overflows when parsing untrusted inputs.

This vulnerability does not affect Vapor directly but could impact applications relying on the URI type for validating user input.

The URI type is used in several places in Vapor. A developer may decide to use URI to represent a URL in their application (especially if that URL is then passed to the HTTP Client) and rely on its public properties and methods. However, URI may fail to properly parse a valid (albeit abnormally long) URL, due to string ranges being converted to 16-bit integers. An attacker may use this behaviour to trick the application into accepting a URL to an untrusted destination.

By padding the port number with zeros, an attacker can cause an integer overflow to occur when the URL authority is parsed and, as a result, spoof the host.

Impact

Users attempting to treat untrusted input as a URI are vulnerable to a host spoofing attack due to an integer overflow.

Workarounds

Validate user input before parsing as a URI or, if possible, use Foundation's URL and URLComponents utilities.

Record
GHSA-r6r4-5pr8-gjcp
CVSS 3.1
6.5 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Weakness
CWE-190, CWE-1104
Updated
2026-11-02
NVD 6.5

Vapor is an HTTP web framework for Swift. Prior to version 4.90.0, Vapor's vapor_urlparser_parse function uses uint16_t indexes when parsing a URI's components, which may cause integer overflows when parsing untrusted inputs. This vulnerability does not affect Vapor directly but could impact applications relying on the URI type for validating user input. The URI type is used in several places in Vapor. A developer may decide to use URI to represent a URL in their application (especially if that URL is then passed to the HTTP Client) and rely on its public properties and methods. However, URI may fail to properly parse a valid (albeit abnormally long) URL, due to string ranges being converted to 16-bit integers. An attacker may use this behavior to trick the application into accepting a URL to an untrusted destination. By padding the port number with zeros, an attacker can cause an integer overflow to occur when the URL authority is parsed and, as a result, spoof the host. Version 4.90.0 contains a patch for this issue. As a workaround, validate user input before parsing as a URI or, if possible, use Foundation's URL and URLComponents utilities.

Record
CVE-2024-21631
CVSS 3.1
6.5 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Weakness
CWE-20, CWE-190, CWE-1104
Updated
2026-11-02
OSV 6.5

Integer overflow in URI leading to potential host spoofing

Vapor is an HTTP web framework for Swift. Prior to version 4.90.0, Vapor's vapor_urlparser_parse function uses uint16_t indexes when parsing a URI's components, which may cause integer overflows when parsing untrusted inputs. This vulnerability does not affect Vapor directly but could impact applications relying on the URI type for validating user input. The URI type is used in several places in Vapor. A developer may decide to use URI to represent a URL in their application (especially if that URL is then passed to the HTTP Client) and rely on its public properties and methods. However, URI may fail to properly parse a valid (albeit abnormally long) URL, due to string ranges being converted to 16-bit integers. An attacker may use this behavior to trick the application into accepting a URL to an untrusted destination. By padding the port number with zeros, an attacker can cause an integer overflow to occur when the URL authority is parsed and, as a result, spoof the host. Version 4.90.0 contains a patch for this issue. As a workaround, validate user input before parsing as a URI or, if possible, use Foundation's URL and URLComponents utilities.

Record
CVE-2024-21631
CVSS 3.1
6.5 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Weakness
CWE-1104, CWE-190, CWE-20
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVGHSA-r6r4-5pr8-gjcp 6.5

Vapor contains an integer overflow in URI leading to potential host spoofing

Vapor's vapor_urlparser_parse function uses uint16_t indexes when parsing a URI's components, which may cause integer overflows when parsing untrusted inputs.

This vulnerability does not affect Vapor directly but could impact applications relying on the URI type for validating user input.

The URI type is used in several places in Vapor. A developer may decide to use URI to represent a URL in their application (especially if that URL is then passed to the HTTP Client) and rely on its public properties and methods. However, URI may fail to properly parse a valid (albeit abnormally long) URL, due to string ranges being converted to 16-bit integers. An attacker may use this behaviour to trick the application into accepting a URL to an untrusted destination.

By padding the port number with zeros, an attacker can cause an integer overflow to occur when the URL authority is parsed and, as a result, spoof the host.

Impact

Users attempting to treat untrusted input as a URI are vulnerable to a host spoofing attack due to an integer overflow.

Workarounds

Validate user input before parsing as a URI or, if possible, use Foundation's URL and URLComponents utilities.

Record
GHSA-r6r4-5pr8-gjcp
CVSS 3.1
6.5 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Weakness
CWE-1104, CWE-190
Updated
2026-11-02

Affected products

Affected packages

Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
github.com/vapor/vapor
SwiftURL
through 4.89.3
4.90.0
github.com/vapor/vapor
SwiftURL
before 4.90.0
4.90.0

History

History
RecordedChangedSources
aliases, publishedEUVD
first indexedCVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV

Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

In short

CVE-2024-21631 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.5) in Vapor, published January 3, 2024. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.60%, the 48th percentile. Fixed in github.com/vapor/vapor 4.90.0.

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