CVE-2025-48865
Fabio is an HTTP(S) and TCP router for deploying applications managed by consul. Prior to version 1.6.6, Fabio allows clients to remove X-Forwarded headers (except X-Forwarded-For) due to a vulnerability in how it processes hop-by-hop headers. Fabio adds HTTP headers like X-Forwarded-Host and X-Forwarded-Port when routing requests to backend applications. Since the receiving application should trust these headers, allowing HTTP clients to remove or modify them creates potential security vulnerabilities. Some of these custom headers can be removed and, in certain cases, manipulated. The attack relies on the behavior that headers can be defined as hop-by-hop via the HTTP Connection header. This issue has been patched in version 1.6.6.
EPSS 0.17% · 37.5th percentile
Risk Scores
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| github.com | fabiolb/fabio | 0, 0 |
| fabiolb | fabio | < 1.6.6, 0, 0 |
Exploit Intelligence
- CIRCL seen: CVE-2025-48865 (circl-sighting)
- CIRCL seen: CVE-2025-48865 (circl-sighting)
- https://github.com/fabiolb/fabio/commit/fdaf1e966162e9dd3b347ffdd0647b39dc71a1a3 (circl)
- https://github.com/fabiolb/fabio/releases/tag/v1.6.6 (circl)
- https://github.com/fabiolb/fabio/security/advisories/GHSA-q7p4-7xjv-j3wf (cve.org)
Timeline
- Jan 21, 1970 Security Advisory
- May 29, 2025 CVE Published
- May 30, 2025 CVE Updated
- May 30, 2025 EPSS Score
- May 30, 2025 Coalition ESS Score
- May 30, 2025 PoC Published
- May 30, 2025 PoC Published
- Jun 4, 2025 Coalition ESS Score
- Jun 10, 2025 EPSS Score
- Jun 21, 2025 EPSS Score
- Jul 2, 2025 EPSS Score
- Jul 12, 2025 EPSS Score
References
- https://github.com/fabiolb/fabio/security/advisories/GHSA-q7p4-7xjv-j3wf url
- https://github.com/fabiolb/fabio/commit/fdaf1e966162e9dd3b347ffdd0647b39dc71a1a3 url
- https://github.com/fabiolb/fabio/releases/tag/v1.6.6 url
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-48865 advisory
- https://github.com/fabiolb/fabio package