GHSA-3FXJ-6JH8-HVHX chi Has an IP Spoofing Vulnerability in `middleware.RealIP`

Summary The RealIP middleware in go-chi/chi is vulnerable to IP spoofing because it blindly trusts the first leftmost element of the X-Forwarded-For HTTP header. This allows a remote attacker to bypass IP-based access control lists ACLs and rate-limiting mechanisms by providing a spoofed IP addre...

GHSA-RJR7-JGGH-PGCP chi's RealIP Middleware allows IP spoofing via unvalidated X-Forwarded-For header

Summary realip middleware in go-chi/chi trusts headers like x-forwarded-for without checking them, so attackers can fake their ip and bypass rate limits or access controls Details the vuln is in middleware/realip.go , the realIP function pulls IPs straight from client headers and replaces...

CVE-2026-27981

HomeBox is a home inventory and organization system. Prior to 0.24.0, the authentication rate limiter authRateLimiter tracks failed attempts per client IP. It determines the client IP by reading, 1. X-Real-IP header, 2. First entry of X-Forwarded-For header, and 3. r.RemoteAddr TCP connection...

CVE-2026-27981

HomeBox is a home inventory and organization system. Prior to 0.24.0, the authentication rate limiter authRateLimiter tracks failed attempts per client IP. It determines the client IP by reading, 1. X-Real-IP header, 2. First entry of X-Forwarded-For header, and 3. r.RemoteAddr TCP connection...