CVE-2021-29441

Nacos is a platform designed for dynamic service discovery and configuration and service management. In Nacos before version 1.4.1, when configured to use authentication (-Dnacos.core.auth.enabled=true) Nacos uses the AuthFilter servlet filter to enforce authentication. This filter has a backdoor that enables Nacos servers to bypass this filter and therefore skip authentication checks. This mechanism relies on the user-agent HTTP header so it can be easily spoofed. This issue may allow any user to carry out any administrative tasks on the Nacos server.

• CWE-290
• CWE-290

• https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-36hp-jr8h-556fExploit, Third Party Advisory
• https://github.com/alibaba/nacos/issues/4701Exploit, Third Party Advisory
• https://github.com/alibaba/nacos/pull/4703Patch, Third Party Advisory
• https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-36hp-jr8h-556fExploit, Third Party Advisory
• https://github.com/alibaba/nacos/issues/4701Exploit, Third Party Advisory
• https://github.com/alibaba/nacos/pull/4703Patch, Third Party Advisory

Published

Apr 27, 2021

Last Modified

Jun 17, 2026

Status

Modified

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