Unauthenticated IP spoofing via repeated PROXY commands
Published Apr 1, 2025 · Updated Jan 28, 2026
Improper input validation in Go-Guerrilla before 1.6.7 allows remote attackers to spoof client IP addresses via repeated PROXY commands. In server.go, the SMTP command loop treats every matching PROXY line as trusted proxy metadata and overwrites client.RemoteIP instead of accepting only the connection's initial header. The server must have ProxyOn enabled; exploitation needs no authentication or user interaction, and the documented impact is limited to the recorded remote IP.
Summary
What happened
Improper input validation in Go-Guerrilla before 1.6.7 allows remote attackers to spoof client IP addresses via repeated PROXY commands. In server.go, the SMTP command loop treats every matching PROXY line as trusted proxy metadata and overwrites client.RemoteIP instead of accepting only the connection's initial header. The server must have ProxyOn enabled; exploitation needs no authentication or user interaction, and the documented impact is limited to the recorded remote IP.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2025-31135
- Published
- Apr 1, 2025
- Updated
- Jan 28, 2026
- Vendor
- Philipp Resch
- Product
- Go-Guerrilla
- Classifications
- CWE-20, T1036
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Apr 1, 2025CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Jan 28, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=< 1.6.7
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