From 806f5b111781a3b2734223c8e14780d86ac4edd5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Matthew Holt <mholt@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 18 Jul 2024 21:31:07 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] reverseproxy: Fix panic when using header-related flags (fix
 #6464)

---
 modules/caddyhttp/reverseproxy/command.go | 12 +++++++-----
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/modules/caddyhttp/reverseproxy/command.go b/modules/caddyhttp/reverseproxy/command.go
index 59fa67df..f9304efa 100644
--- a/modules/caddyhttp/reverseproxy/command.go
+++ b/modules/caddyhttp/reverseproxy/command.go
@@ -229,11 +229,13 @@ func cmdReverseProxy(fs caddycmd.Flags) (int, error) {
 
 	if changeHost {
 		if handler.Headers == nil {
-			handler.Headers = &headers.Handler{
-				Request: &headers.HeaderOps{
-					Set: http.Header{},
-				},
-			}
+			handler.Headers = new(headers.Handler)
+		}
+		if handler.Headers.Request == nil {
+			handler.Headers.Request = new(headers.HeaderOps)
+		}
+		if handler.Headers.Request.Set == nil {
+			handler.Headers.Request.Set = http.Header{}
 		}
 		handler.Headers.Request.Set.Set("Host", "{http.reverse_proxy.upstream.hostport}")
 	}