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    "dataType": "CVE_RECORD",
    "dataVersion": "5.2",
    "cveMetadata": {
        "cveId": "CVE-2026-71485",
        "assignerOrgId": "a0819718-46f1-4df5-94e2-005712e83aaa",
        "state": "PUBLISHED",
        "assignerShortName": "GitHub_M",
        "dateReserved": "2026-08-06T19:56:23.725Z",
        "datePublished": "2026-08-20T21:01:00.931Z",
        "dateUpdated": "2026-08-20T21:01:00.931Z"
    },
    "containers": {
        "cna": {
            "title": "Centrifugo: Client-forgeable headers emulation lets any client spoof headers forwarded to proxy backends",
            "problemTypes": [
                {
                    "descriptions": [
                        {
                            "cweId": "CWE-290",
                            "lang": "en",
                            "description": "CWE-290: Authentication Bypass by Spoofing",
                            "type": "CWE"
                        }
                    ]
                }
            ],
            "metrics": [
                {
                    "cvssV3_1": {
                        "attackComplexity": "LOW",
                        "attackVector": "NETWORK",
                        "availabilityImpact": "NONE",
                        "baseScore": 9.1,
                        "baseSeverity": "CRITICAL",
                        "confidentialityImpact": "HIGH",
                        "integrityImpact": "HIGH",
                        "privilegesRequired": "NONE",
                        "scope": "UNCHANGED",
                        "userInteraction": "NONE",
                        "vectorString": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N",
                        "version": "3.1"
                    }
                }
            ],
            "references": [
                {
                    "name": "https://github.com/centrifugal/centrifugo/security/advisories/GHSA-9468-v6mj-fppw",
                    "tags": [
                        "x_refsource_CONFIRM"
                    ],
                    "url": "https://github.com/centrifugal/centrifugo/security/advisories/GHSA-9468-v6mj-fppw"
                },
                {
                    "name": "https://github.com/centrifugal/centrifugo/pull/1182",
                    "tags": [
                        "x_refsource_MISC"
                    ],
                    "url": "https://github.com/centrifugal/centrifugo/pull/1182"
                },
                {
                    "name": "https://github.com/centrifugal/centrifugo/commit/84d38cea1dd2efa24375a148817a974c8727f4b0",
                    "tags": [
                        "x_refsource_MISC"
                    ],
                    "url": "https://github.com/centrifugal/centrifugo/commit/84d38cea1dd2efa24375a148817a974c8727f4b0"
                },
                {
                    "name": "https://github.com/centrifugal/centrifugo/releases/tag/v6.9.0",
                    "tags": [
                        "x_refsource_MISC"
                    ],
                    "url": "https://github.com/centrifugal/centrifugo/releases/tag/v6.9.0"
                }
            ],
            "affected": [
                {
                    "vendor": "centrifugal",
                    "product": "centrifugo",
                    "versions": [
                        {
                            "version": "< 6.9.0",
                            "status": "affected"
                        }
                    ]
                }
            ],
            "providerMetadata": {
                "orgId": "a0819718-46f1-4df5-94e2-005712e83aaa",
                "shortName": "GitHub_M",
                "dateUpdated": "2026-08-20T21:01:00.931Z"
            },
            "descriptions": [
                {
                    "lang": "en",
                    "value": "Centrifugo is an open-source scalable real-time messaging server. Prior to 6.9.0, Centrifugo copies the client-controlled protocol.ConnectRequest.headers map through OnClientConnecting in internal/client/handler.go, ConnectEvent.Headers, and SetEmulatedHeadersToContext. The requestHeaders path in internal/proxy/http.go, the requestMetadata path in internal/proxy/grpc.go, and the Consume path in internal/unigrpc/grpc.go can forward an allowlisted value as a trusted backend header or metadata value. A remote client can spoof a header such as x-trusted-user for connect, refresh, subscribe, publish, RPC, and related proxy calls when the backend relies on that header for authentication or authorization. The unidirectional gRPC transport has no transport-level HTTP header that can override the emulated value. This issue is fixed in version 6.9.0."
                }
            ],
            "source": {
                "advisory": "GHSA-9468-v6mj-fppw",
                "discovery": "UNKNOWN"
            }
        }
    }
}