CVE-2026-54738
Lemmy is a link aggregator and forum for the fediverse. Prior to 0.19.19 and 1.0.0-beta.1, actix-web ConnectionInfo::realip_remote_addr reads the first value of X-Forwarded-For as the client address used by raw_ip_key in crates/utils/src/rate_limit/mod.rs. Lemmy's bundled docker/nginx.conf uses $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for instead of $remote_addr, which appends the real client address to an X-Forwarded-For value supplied by the client.
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An unauthenticated attacker can therefore place a different spoofed address first on each request and receive a new rate-limit bucket, bypassing limits on POST /api/v4/account/auth/register, POST /api/v4/account/auth/login, POST /api/v4/post, POST /api/v4/comment, GET /api/v4/search, POST /api/v4/image, and POST /api/v4/account/import_settings. This permits excessive account creation, brute-force attempts, spam, scraping, uploads, and repeated imports. This issue is fixed in versions 0.19.19 and 1.0.0-beta.1.
CVSS
- Versión: 3.1
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L
- Puntuación base: 6.5
Probabilidad de explotación (EPSS)
- Probabilidad de explotación en los próximos 30 días: 0.56%
- Percentil entre todas las CVEs puntuadas: 45
- Fecha de la puntuación: 5/10/2026
EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, de FIRST) estima la probabilidad de que una vulnerabilidad sea explotada en 30 días. Complementa a CVSS (impacto) y a CISA KEV (explotación confirmada).
Tecnologías afectadas (3)
⚠ Inferidas por IA a partir de la descripción — NVD aún no ha analizado esta CVE; no son CPE verificados.
CWE
- CWE-799
Referencias
- https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/commit/41513c89ceecee719bff05acfe613e3b1e85f23c
- https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/commit/8b5b2aa78417b53ff3622c01f5bed2f1590f3b82
- https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/pull/6574
- https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/pull/6575
- https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/releases/tag/0.19.19
- https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/releases/tag/1.0.0-beta.1
- https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/security/advisories/GHSA-2hrg-7x4g-9vpg
- https://join-lemmy.org/news/2026-06-09_-_Lemmy_Release_v0.19.19
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