01 Record
CVE-2026-71485
Centrifugo: Client-forgeable headers emulation lets any client spoof headers forwarded to proxy backends
CriticalPUBLISHEDCNA: GitHub_M
CNA base score9.1 CVSS v3.xCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
02 Description
Centrifugo: Client-forgeable headers emulation lets any client spoof headers forwarded to proxy backends
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 ImpacttotalSuccessful exploitation gives total control of the vulnerable component.
- EPSS probability
- 0.60% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 48.9% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 9.1 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
- NVD analysis status
- Deferred. NVD last modified this record on 2026-10-18.
- 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
- 2026-08-20 21:01Z2 MO AGO
- Last updated
- 2026-08-25 15:23Z2 MO AGO
- Reserved
- 2026-08-06
- Assigning CNA
- GitHub_M
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Critical (CVSS 9.1)
- CNA CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-290Authentication Bypass by SpoofingBase
- Data version
- 5.2
- Document digest
- 26a8fb9dc1b9700969d5e7913b9b73576be1b6ec8ec5c05ff465481ad01bb4eb
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- github.comhttps://github.com/centrifugal/centrifugo/security/advisories/GHSA-9468-v6mj-fppw
- github.comhttps://github.com/centrifugal/centrifugo/pull/1182
- github.comhttps://github.com/centrifugal/centrifugo/commit/84d38cea1dd2efa24375a148817a974c8727f4b0
- github.comhttps://github.com/centrifugal/centrifugo/releases/tag/v6.9.0