CVE-2026-69206

Http4s is a Scala interface for HTTP services. Prior to 0.23.35 and 1.0.0-M47, DigestAuth replay protection records lastNc plus one instead of the highest nonce-count value it has accepted. When a legitimate client sends noncontiguous nc values because of parallel or retried requests, the stored counter remains below the accepted maximum, allowing a passive observer to replay a captured Authorization header multiple times. Successful replays execute authenticated requests, including state-changing operations, as the captured user. This issue is fixed in versions 0.23.35 and 1.0.0-M47.

Http4s is a Scala interface for HTTP services. Prior to 0.23.35 and 1.0.0-M47, DigestAuth replay protection records lastNc plus one instead of the highest nonce-count value it has accepted. When a legitimate client sends noncontiguous nc values because of parallel or retried requests, the stored counter remains below the accepted maximum, allowing a passive observer to replay a captured Authorization header multiple times. Successful replays execute authenticated requests, including state-changing operations, as the captured user. This issue is fixed in versions 0.23.35 and 1.0.0-M47.

The DigestAuth replay defence stores lastNc + 1 rather than the nonce-count (nc) value it just accepted. When a legitimate client sends non-contiguous nc values (parallel or retried requests, as browsers do), the server's counter lags behind the highest nc seen, and a captured Authorization header can be replayed multiple times.

Impact

A passive observer can turn one captured Digest-authenticated request into several replayed authenticated (state-changing) requests, defeating the core replay protection Digest provides over Basic.

Preconditions

• Application uses DigestAuth.
• Attacker can passively observe at least one legitimate digest request.
• Legitimate client emits an nc more than one greater than the last, for instance from a parallel or retried request.

Workarounds

• Deploy over TLS so requests cannot be captured.

Http4s is a Scala interface for HTTP services. Prior to 0.23.35 and 1.0.0-M47, DigestAuth replay protection records lastNc plus one instead of the highest nonce-count value it has accepted. When a legitimate client sends noncontiguous nc values because of parallel or retried requests, the stored counter remains below the accepted maximum, allowing a passive observer to replay a captured Authorization header multiple times. Successful replays execute authenticated requests, including state-changing operations, as the captured user. This issue is fixed in versions 0.23.35 and 1.0.0-M47.

Http4s is a Scala interface for HTTP services. Prior to 0.23.35 and 1.0.0-M47, DigestAuth replay protection records lastNc plus one instead of the highest nonce-count value it has accepted. When a legitimate client sends noncontiguous nc values because of parallel or retried requests, the stored counter remains below the accepted maximum, allowing a passive observer to replay a captured Authorization header multiple times. Successful replays execute authenticated requests, including state-changing operations, as the captured user. This issue is fixed in versions 0.23.35 and 1.0.0-M47.

The DigestAuth replay defence stores lastNc + 1 rather than the nonce-count (nc) value it just accepted. When a legitimate client sends non-contiguous nc values (parallel or retried requests, as browsers do), the server's counter lags behind the highest nc seen, and a captured Authorization header can be replayed multiple times.

Impact

A passive observer can turn one captured Digest-authenticated request into several replayed authenticated (state-changing) requests, defeating the core replay protection Digest provides over Basic.

Preconditions

• Application uses DigestAuth.
• Attacker can passively observe at least one legitimate digest request.
• Legitimate client emits an nc more than one greater than the last, for instance from a parallel or retried request.

Workarounds

• Deploy over TLS so requests cannot be captured.