CVE-2025-46814

FastAPI Guard Remote Header Injection via X-Forwarded-For Manipulation

HIGH
7.5
CVSS Score
Published: May 6, 2025 at 02:55 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 09:26 AM UTC
2 products affected across 2 vendorsFastapi GuardFastapi Guard

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Severity
HIGH7.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.3%
SSVC
PoC

Description

FastAPI Guard is a security library for FastAPI that provides middleware to control IPs, log requests, and detect penetration attempts. An HTTP header injection vulnerability has been identified in versions prior to 2.0.0. By manipulating the X-Forwarded-For header, an attacker can potentially inject arbitrary IP addresses into the request. This vulnerability can allow attackers to bypass IP-based access controls, mislead logging systems, and impersonate trusted clients. It is especially impactful when the application relies on the X-Forwarded-For header for IP-based authorization or authentication. Users should upgrade to FastAPI Guard version 2.0.0 to receive a fix.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

v < 2.0.0
Affected range stops below 2.0.0, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

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SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCPoCNot automatablePartial impact

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CVSS

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
NONE
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusANALYZED
CWE
CWE-74

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