CVE-2026-72817

A flaw was found in the go-chi/chi component. The RealIP middleware, responsible for resolving the request source IP, does not properly validate trusted proxies when processing the X-Forwarded-For header. A remote attacker can exploit this by prepending a forged IP address to the X-Forwarded-For...

CVE-2026-72817

go-chi/chi versions 0.9.0 before 5.3.0 contains an IP spoofing vulnerability in the RealIP middleware, which resolves the request source IP Request.RemoteAddr using the first IP in the X-Forwarded-For header without validating trusted proxies. A malicious client can prepend a forged IP as the fir...

github.com/go-chi/chi/middleware: go-chi/chi: IP spoofing via X-Forwarded-For header manipulation

A flaw was found in the go-chi/chi component. The RealIP middleware, responsible for resolving the request source IP, does not properly validate trusted proxies when processing the X-Forwarded-For header. A remote attacker can exploit this by prepending a forged IP address to the X-Forwarded-For...