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GHSA-rxg9-hgq7-8pwx: Header spoofing in caddy-geo-ip

The caddy-geo-ip (aka GeoIP) middleware through 0.6.0 for Caddy 2, when trust_header X-Forwarded-For is used, allows attackers to spoof their source IP address via an X-Forwarded-For header, which may bypass a protection mechanism (trusted_proxy directive in reverse_proxy or IP address range restrictions).

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Header spoofing in caddy-geo-ip

Moderate severity GitHub Reviewed Published Dec 11, 2023 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Dec 11, 2023

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CVE-2023-50463: Security: trust_header overwrites req.RemoteAddr globally · Issue #4 · shift72/caddy-geo-ip

The caddy-geo-ip (aka GeoIP) middleware through 0.6.0 for Caddy 2, when trust_header X-Forwarded-For is used, allows attackers to spoof their source IP address via an X-Forwarded-For header, which may bypass a protection mechanism (trusted_proxy directive in reverse_proxy or IP address range restrictions).