CVE-2026-58488

HedgeDoc: Rate-limit bypass via CF-Connecting-IP header spoofing

MEDIUM
6.9
CVSS Score
Published: July 13, 2026 at 09:43 PM UTC
Updated: July 14, 2026 at 04:57 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorHedgedoc

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Severity
MEDIUM6.9
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.4%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

HedgeDoc is an open source, real-time, collaborative, markdown notes application. Versions prior to 1.11.0 allowed attackers to circumvent the rate-limiting of the /login and /register routes by spoofing IP addresses. HedgeDoc instances checked for CloudFlare's cf-connecting-ip header and used that instead of the users real IP address, if the header was present even when the request did not originate from Cloudflare. This made it possible for an attacker to spam login requests or create multiple arbitrary accounts by sending another cf-connecting-ip header every few requests. The issue has been fixed in version 1.11.0.

Affected

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

v < 1.11.0
Affected range stops below 1.11.0, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet, and no fixed version or vendor advisory is recorded against it.

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitAutomatablePartial impact

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CVSS

6.9MEDIUMGitHub_M
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusDEFERRED
CWE
CWE-290CWE-770

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