CVE-2022-2255

Advisory

A vulnerability was found in mod_wsgi. The X-Client-IP header is not removed from a request from an untrusted proxy, allowing an attacker to pass the X-Client-IP header to the target WSGI application because the condition to remove it is missing.

Affected package

Affected versions

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Vulnerability changelog

This vulnerability has no description

Resources

• https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-7527-8855-9cf8
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-2255
• https://github.com/GrahamDumpleton/mod_wsgi/commit/af3c0c2736bc0b0b01fa0f0aad3c904b7fa9c751
• https://github.com/GrahamDumpleton/mod_wsgi
• https://github.com/GrahamDumpleton/mod_wsgi/blob/4.9.2/src/server/mod_wsgi.c#L13940-L13941
• https://github.com/GrahamDumpleton/mod_wsgi/blob/4.9.2/src/server/mod_wsgi.c#L14046-L14082
• https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/mod-wsgi/PYSEC-2022-254.yaml
• https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/09/msg00021.html
• https://modwsgi.readthedocs.io/en/latest/release-notes/version-4.9.3.html
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2022-2255