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Centrifugo: Client-forgeable headers emulation lets any client spoof headers forwarded to proxy backends

Type: advisorySource: OSV1 source record

## Vulnerability Details **File**: `internal/client/handler.go` (`OnClientConnecting`), `internal/proxy/http.go` (`requestHeaders`), `internal/proxy/grpc.go` (`requestMetadata`), `internal/unigrpc/grpc.go` (`Consume`) **Line**: handler.go:389,548-552 (`e.Headers` -> `SetEmulatedHeadersToContext`), http.go:131-165 (`requestHeaders`), grpc.go:82-114 (`requestMetadata`), unigrpc/grpc.go:46 (`Headers: req.Headers`) ### Root Cause The `http_headers` / `grpc_metadata` proxy config options are documented as "List of incoming HTTP header names to forward to the proxy backend" / "List of incoming gRPC metadata keys to forward to the proxy backend" -- implying the value originates from the underlying transport connection (e.g. set by a trusted reverse proxy/API gateway in front of Centrifugo). Operators commonly use this to forward identity/trust headers to their own backend for access-control decisions. However, the wire protocol used by every Centrifugo transport (`protocol.ConnectRequest`, field `headers`) includes a `headers` map populated entirely from the connecting client's own message (its JSON `connect` command, or for gRPC, its `ConnectRequest` protobuf field) -- not from real transport-level HTTP headers. Centrifugo copies this client-supplied map verbatim into `ConnectEvent.Headers`, then into an "emulated headers" context value used by every proxy type (connect, refresh, subscribe, publish, rpc, sub_refresh, map_publish, map_remove, shared_poll_refresh) for the entire conn

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GHSA-9468-v6mj-fppw

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Security context

Source reference: osv:GHSA-9468-v6mj-fppw

github.com/centrifugal/centrifugo

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Fixed versions
6.9.0

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Structured affected-version data

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  {
    "ranges": [
      {
        "type": "SEMVER",
        "events": [
          {
            "introduced": "0"
          },
          {
            "fixed": "6.9.0"
          }
        ]
      }
    ],
    "package": {
      "name": "github.com/centrifugal/centrifugo",
      "purl": "pkg:golang/github.com/centrifugal/centrifugo",
      "ecosystem": "Go"
    },
    "database_specific": {
      "source": "https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2026/09/GHSA-9468-v6mj-fppw/GHSA-9468-v6mj-fppw.json",
      "last_known_affected_version_range": "<= 6.8.4"
    }
  }
]
Related CVEs
CVE-2026-71485

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critical

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