CVE-2026-71485 (GCVE-0-2026-71485)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-08-20 21:01 – Updated: 2026-08-20 21:01
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
Centrifugo: Client-forgeable headers emulation lets any client spoof headers forwarded to proxy backends
Summary
Centrifugo is an open-source scalable real-time messaging server. Prior to 6.9.0, Centrifugo copies the client-controlled protocol.ConnectRequest.headers map through OnClientConnecting in internal/client/handler.go, ConnectEvent.Headers, and SetEmulatedHeadersToContext. The requestHeaders path in internal/proxy/http.go, the requestMetadata path in internal/proxy/grpc.go, and the Consume path in internal/unigrpc/grpc.go can forward an allowlisted value as a trusted backend header or metadata value. A remote client can spoof a header such as x-trusted-user for connect, refresh, subscribe, publish, RPC, and related proxy calls when the backend relies on that header for authentication or authorization. The unidirectional gRPC transport has no transport-level HTTP header that can override the emulated value. This issue is fixed in version 6.9.0.
Severity
9.1 (Critical)
CWE
- CWE-290 - Authentication Bypass by Spoofing
Assigner
References
4 references
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://github.com/centrifugal/centrifugo/securit… | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
| https://github.com/centrifugal/centrifugo/pull/1182 | x_refsource_MISC |
| https://github.com/centrifugal/centrifugo/commit/… | x_refsource_MISC |
| https://github.com/centrifugal/centrifugo/release… | x_refsource_MISC |
Impacted products
1 product
| Vendor | Product | Version | CPE status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| centrifugal | centrifugo |
Affected:
< 6.9.0
|
guessed |
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