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🛡️ Open WAF Day Vienna 2026 — full agenda is live!
📅 Wed June 24 · Austria Center, Vienna
🎤 5 talks: Coraza on Envoy, GitOps, Ingress NGINX migration, adaptive honeypots & more
💸 Free
Register 👇
coreruleset.org/20260603/ope…
CRS v4.30.0 and v4.25.2 LTS are out!
Both fix 3 advisories: an RCE bypass via the URL path, a mixed-case CHARSET bypass (HIGH), and multipart charset shadowing. Plus a shell.php/ upload bypass.
Please update:
coreruleset.org/20261002/crs…
Open WAF Day Vienna 2026 recap is up 🇦🇹 Talks on the new Coraza/Envoy connector, blazing-fast WAF log analysis, Coraza Center + GitOps, life after Ingress NGINX, and CRS-powered adaptive honeypots. Thanks to everyone who joined us!
📖 coreruleset.org/20260629/ope…
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Part 2 of the CRS 3→4 migration series: configuration. Don't reuse your old crs-setup.conf — variables were renamed, split, and added. Post includes a full checklist and an interactive migration tool.
coreruleset.org/20260406/mig…
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Migrating from OWASP CRS 3.3 to 4.25 LTS? Part 1 of a 7-part series is out — covering what changed, what breaks, and how to plan your upgrade. ~500 changes, new plugin architecture, RE2/Hyperscan compat, and more.
coreruleset.org/20260330/mig…
🔒 Security Advisory: OWASP CRS file upload extension checks could be bypassed using whitespace padding in filenames (e.g. shell. php). CVE-2026-33691, Moderate severity.
Upgrade to CRS v4.25.0 or v3.3.9.
Thanks @HackingRepo for the report!
github.com/coreruleset/corer…
OWASP CRS v4.25.0 LTS is out! First Long-Term Support for CRS 4 — stable foundation with security patches through Q3 2027. Formal backport policy, lessons from 3.3 applied, and crslang on the horizon.
coreruleset.org/20260321/ann…
📢 Open WAF Day 2026 — Vienna, June 24th! 🇦🇹
A free, full-day event on WAFs, @coreruleset, and open-source security. CFP is open!
🎟️ Register: forms.gle/UckehAUPdR8xZVkd8
🎤 Submit a talk: forms.gle/PoBKhza7YcRLFdFU6
See you there! 🚀
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🔥 OWASP CRS is evolving! Introducing #CRSLang — a new YAML-based rule language replacing Seclang. Cleaner syntax, multi-engine support, bidirectional translation, and a lower barrier for new contributors.
Check it out 👉 coreruleset.org/20260122/int…
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📦 CRS v4.23.0 released!
New CVE detection, SSRF improvements, PHP session upload prevention & more.
Thanks to our amazing contributors: @touchweb_vincent, @azurit, @RedXanadu, @EsadCetiner, @Xhoenix & welcome @disisto! 🎉
Upgrade now 👇
github.com/coreruleset/corer…
🎉 Introducing seclang_parser - a unified ANTLR-based parser for SecLang! One grammar, multiple languages (Go & Python), endless possibilities for WAF tooling: linters, IDE integration, config management & more.
🔗 coreruleset.org/20260122/int…
CRS3→CRS4 migration made easy! 🚀
🧩 New GPL plugin lets you:
• Run CRS4 in monitor mode over CRS3
• Weed out false positives
• Gradually enable blocking or sampling
github.com/netnea/netnea-crs…
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🚀 OWASP CRS v4.20.0 is out!
✨ New: Enhanced file restrictions, PrestaShop/Magento configs, Expect header blocking
🛠️ Multiple fixes reducing JSON false positives + better detection
👉 github.com/coreruleset/corer…
#OWASP #CRS #WebSecurity #AppSec
CRS will have its second community call on September 22, from 20:30 to 21:30 CEST (18:30 UTC / 2:30 p.m. ET) and will be moderated by former CRS co-leader Christian Folini. Check more details and register here: luma.com/8yc1p543
A critical vulnerability in Microsoft Sharepoint was recently discovered, allowing remote code execution -- in many cases, leading to persistence for the attackers, exfiltration of data, and more. Users of CRS were already covered from day zero using PL2.
CRS will have its first community call on March 17, from 20:30 to 21:30 CET (19:30 UTC / 2:30 p.m. ET) and will be moderated by former CRS co-leader Christian Folini. Register here: coreruleset.org/register/com…
A somewhat diminished OWASP CRS core team at the annual developers retreat / the @owasp project summit 2024 in Woburn Forest (group photo without squirrels and deer).
Meet the CRS team: Whether it's work or hobbies, Max – the Kiwi-German software developer from the Swiss Alps – wants to enjoy what he does. For him, the most important thing about the CRS project is the people. Read his portrait: coreruleset.org/20240903/mee…
We are excited to announce United Security Providers as Gold Sponsor of @CoreRuleSet. USP has been using CRS for a long time as an important component of its web access management solution. Support from sponsors is of great importance for the CRS project. coreruleset.org/20240903/uni…
See also the blog post on @uspag‘s website: united-security-providers.ch…
