# CVE-2026-91163: Warpgate: Kubernetes listener discloses internal error text to an unauthenticated caller

- Also known as: EUVD-2026-116941
- Severity: CVSS 3.7 (Low), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 0.29.0
- Published: 2026-11-04 · Updated: 2026-11-04

CVE-2026-91163 is not in CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. No public exploit code is tracked. It is rated CVSS 3.7 (low) and affects warpgate; fixed in 0.29.0.

## Summary

Warpgate, an open source SSH, HTTPS, and MySQL bastion host for Linux, has a flaw in its Kubernetes protocol listener that causes internal error details to be returned in HTTP 500 responses. An unauthenticated attacker on the network can trigger these failures remotely, without logging in, and receive internal diagnostics such as parser and database error text, though the attempts are not recorded in the gateway log.

Model-written summary (anthropic/claude-haiku-5.5). Verify details against the original sources.

## Affected

- warp-tech warpgate: fixed in 0.29.0

## Description

Warpgate is an open source SSH, HTTPS, and MySQL bastion host for Linux. Prior to 0.29.0, the Kubernetes protocol listener uses AcceptAnyClientCert in warpgate-protocol-kubernetes/src/server/client_certs.rs to accept certificates at the TLS layer and defer validation to warpgate-protocol-kubernetes/src/server/auth.rs, where authentication and lookup failures are rendered verbatim in an HTTP 500 response body. The Kubernetes application in warpgate-protocol-kubernetes/src/server/mod.rs lacks the outer request-logging wrapper used by the HTTP protocol, and failures in warpgate-protocol-kubernetes/src/server/handlers.rs can short-circuit before its inner log point. An unauthenticated network client can therefore induce failures and receive ASN.1/DER parser diagnostics or sea_orm database errors without the attempt being recorded in the gateway log. The disclosed information is limited to internal diagnostics, and no user-data, integrity, or availability impact is established. This issue is fixed in version 0.29.0.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on warp-tech warpgate, upgrade to a fixed version (0.29.0) per the references below.
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## FAQ

### Is CVE-2026-91163 being exploited?

It is not in CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog, and CISA's SSVC assessment does not mark exploitation as active. That does not mean it has not been attacked: vendors and researchers can report attacks before CISA lists them. No public exploit code is tracked.

Source: https://cve.now/CVE-2026-91163

### Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-91163?

warpgate: before 0.29.0.

Source: https://cve.now/CVE-2026-91163

### How do I fix CVE-2026-91163?

Upgrade to a fixed version: 0.29.0.

Source: https://cve.now/CVE-2026-91163

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## References

- https://github.com/warp-tech/warpgate/security/advisories/GHSA-hrfx-fm67-gv64
- https://github.com/warp-tech/warpgate/pull/2547
- https://github.com/warp-tech/warpgate/commit/8426196a27c30fca521656653f9df1faf3df7523
- https://github.com/warp-tech/warpgate/releases/tag/v0.29.0

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