CVE-2026-57210
Published:July 20, 2026
Updated:August 27, 2026
When the "trusted_proxies" option is configured, heimdall extracts client IP addresses from the "Forwarded" ("for=" parameter) and "X-Forwarded-For" headers and exposes them as "Request.ClientIPAddresses" to the rule pipeline. However, extracted values are not validated to be syntactically valid IP addresses. Arbitrary strings, malformed IP literals, and RFC 7239 "unknown" values and obfuscated identifiers are accepted without further checks. In addition, the "Forwarded" header parser splits on "," and ";" without accounting for RFC 7239 quoted strings, which can cause a single quoted value to be parsed as multiple entries, with fragments — including trailing quote characters — treated as independent addresses.
Affected Packages
github.com/dadrus/heimdall (GO):
Affected version(s) >=v0.1.0-alpha <v0.17.17Fix Suggestion:
Update to version v0.17.17https://github.com/dadrus/heimdall (GO):
Affected version(s) >=v0.1.0-alpha <v0.17.17Fix Suggestion:
Update to version v0.17.17Related Resources (2)
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Contact UsCVSS v4
Base Score:
7
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Attack Requirements
PRESENT
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Vulnerable System Confidentiality
NONE
Vulnerable System Integrity
NONE
Vulnerable System Availability
NONE
Subsequent System Confidentiality
HIGH
Subsequent System Integrity
HIGH
Subsequent System Availability
NONE
CVSS v3
Base Score:
10
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
NONE