CVE-2023-41338
Vulnerability in Ctx.IsFromLocal() in gofiber
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
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- GitHub_M
Description
Fiber is an Express inspired web framework built in the go language. Versions of gofiber prior to 2.49.2 did not properly restrict access to localhost. This issue impacts users of our project who rely on the `ctx.IsFromLocal` method to restrict access to localhost requests. If exploited, it could allow unauthorized access to resources intended only for localhost. Setting `X-Forwarded-For: 127.0.0.1` in a request from a foreign host, will result in true for `ctx.IsFromLocal`. Access is limited to the scope of the affected process. This issue has been patched in version `2.49.2` with commit `b8c9ede6`. Users are advised to upgrade. There are no known workarounds to remediate this vulnerability without upgrading to the patched version.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| GitHub_MCNA (assigner) | 3.1 | Medium5.3 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N |
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | Medium5.3 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.66% · top 48% of all CVEs (6 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: none · Automatable: yes · Technical impact: partial
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.3.
Weakness
Affected products
Affected packages
From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.
- Gogithub.com/gofiber/fiberGHSA-3q5p-3558-364f (opens in a new tab)
- Gogithub.com/gofiber/fiber/v2GHSA-3q5p-3558-364f (opens in a new tab)
References (4)
- https://github.com/gofiber/fiber/security/advisories/GHSA-3q5p-3558-364f (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://github.com/gofiber/fiber/commit/b8c9ede6efa231116c4bd8bb9d5e03eac1cb76dc (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/X-Forwarded-For (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://docs.gofiber.io/api/ctx#isfromlocal (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-3q5p-3558-364f (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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