mod_proxy X-Forwarded-For dropped by hop-by-hop mechanism
3Vexday Risk Score
No sign of exploitation. No public exploitation artifact known so far.
ssvc Trackepss 3.3%
exploitation probability
3.3%top 13% of all CVEs
observed exploitation
nono source reports it
Apache HTTP Server 2.4.53 and earlier may not send the X-Forwarded-* headers to the origin server based on client side Connection header hop-by-hop mechanism. This may be used to bypass IP based authentication on the origin server/application.
Affected products
Apache Software Foundation · Apache HTTP ServerReferences
https://httpd.apache.org/security/vulnerabilities_24.htmlhttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/7QUGG2QZWHTITMABFLVXA4DNYUOTPWYQ/https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/YPY2BLEVJWFH34AX77ZJPLD2OOBYR6ND/https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202208-20https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20220624-0005/http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/06/08/8