01 Record
CVE-2026-54003
Kirby: External Initialization of the Panel on reverse proxy setups with the `Forwarded` header
CriticalPUBLISHEDCNA: GitHub_M
CNA base score9.1 CVSS v4.0CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
02 Description
Kirby: External Initialization of the Panel on reverse proxy setups with the `Forwarded` header
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Assessed, none found. CISA's assessment recorded neither public exploit code nor evidence of exploitation when it was made.
- SSVC decision
- ExploitationnoneCISA recorded no public exploit code and no evidence of exploitation.
- AutomatableyesAn attacker can reliably automate reconnaissance through exploitation, so this scales.
- Technical ImpactpartialSuccessful exploitation gives limited control of the vulnerable component.
- EPSS probability
- 0.74% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 54.2% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 9.1 (CVSS v4.0), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
- NVD analysis status
- Deferred. NVD last modified this record on 2026-10-25.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2026-07-09 18:36Z3 MO AGO
- Last updated
- 2026-07-09 19:23Z3 MO AGO
- Reserved
- 2026-06-11
- Assigning CNA
- GitHub_M
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Critical (CVSS 9.1)
- CNA CVSS vector
- CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-454External Initialization of Trusted Variables or Data StoresBase
- Data version
- 5.2
- Document digest
- 8775d7ed3f9ce2633d4a8b2d9e02bffbaf23a36d00ec24ac23839b10458dbd1a
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- github.comhttps://github.com/getkirby/kirby/security/advisories/GHSA-whxw-24jc-cwmv
- github.comhttps://github.com/getkirby/kirby/pull/8166
- github.comhttps://github.com/getkirby/kirby/commit/1c7fee90e49153cf9ca4a6ec17481d25fbedc48d
- github.comhttps://github.com/getkirby/kirby/commit/3423f66c01dbc0455862e23ee699d2aa469f3234
- github.comhttps://github.com/getkirby/kirby/commit/66a3a14bf0892d320723ba766cd5f1d33a51d15b
- github.comhttps://github.com/getkirby/kirby/commit/ab992dc149610b90e337c2955ab6ccb7f72ffb3a
- github.comhttps://github.com/getkirby/kirby/releases/tag/4.9.4
- github.comhttps://github.com/getkirby/kirby/releases/tag/5.4.4