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Critical · 9.1 CVE-2026-54003 EUVD-2026-42666GHSA-whxw-24jc-cwmv

Kirby: External Initialization of the Panel on reverse proxy setups with the `Forwarded` header

Published Jul 9, 2026 · Updated Jul 9, 2026 · Assigned by GitHub_M

Description

Kirby is an open-source content management system. Prior to 4.9.4 and from 5.4.4, Kirby sites with no configured user accounts that run on publicly accessible servers behind a reverse proxy setting the Forwarded, X-Client-IP, or X-Real-IP request header could allow remote attackers to install the Panel and create the first admin user because local-IP checks trusted those headers incorrectly. This issue is fixed in versions 4.9.4 and 5.4.4.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
getkirby kirby < 4.9.4, >= 5.0.0, < 5.4.4 —

Affected packages

EcosystemPackageAffectedFixedRecord
Packagist getkirby/cms < 4.9.4 4.9.4 GHSA-whxw-24jc-cwmv
Packagist getkirby/cms >= 5.0.0-alpha.1, < 5.4.4 5.4.4 GHSA-whxw-24jc-cwmv

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