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Medium · 5.8 CVE-2026-62987 EUVD-2026-83986GHSA-fq95-v8xc-jm3vGO-2026-6566

Fabio - Incomplete fix for CVE-2025-48865: operator-configured trust headers (clientip/tls/requestid) still strippable via the Connection header

Published Sep 21, 2026 · Updated Sep 21, 2026 · Assigned by GitHub_M

Description

Fabio is an HTTP(S) and TCP router for deploying applications managed by consul. From 1.6.6 until 1.7.2, the CVE-2025-48865 fix in proxy/http_headers.go uses protectHeaders for a hardcoded set of forwarded headers but omits the operator-configured ClientIPHeader, TLSHeader, and RequestID names. In proxy/http_proxy.go, HTTPProxy.ServeHTTP calls addHeaders to set these trust headers before Go ReverseProxy processes the inbound Connection header, allowing an unauthenticated client to name and remove the configured headers before the request reaches the backend. Deployments that enable the corresponding proxy.header options can therefore lose client-IP, TLS-termination, or request-correlation signals used by backend authorization and auditing; the options are empty by default, and the hardcoded protected forwarded headers are unaffected. This issue is fixed in version 1.7.2.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
fabiolb fabio >= 1.6.6, < 1.7.2 —

Fixed in Linux distributions

Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS consul No fix yet —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS consul No fix yet —
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS consul No fix yet —

Affected packages

EcosystemPackageAffectedFixedRecord
Go github.com/fabiolb/fabio >= 1.6.6, < 1.7.2 1.7.2 GHSA-fq95-v8xc-jm3v

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