Medium severity · published Dec 15, 2025
CVE-2025-66482
Misskey has a login rate limit bypass via spoofed X-Forwarded-For header
6.5
CVSS
0.3%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Misskey is an open source, federated social media platform. Attackers who use an untrusted reverse proxy or not using a reverse proxy at all can bypass IP rate limiting by adding a forged X-Forwarded-For header. Starting with version 2025.9.1, an option (`trustProxy`) has been added in config file to prevent this from happening. However, it is initialized with an insecure default value before version 2025.12.0-alpha.2, making it still vulnerable if the configuration is not set correctly. This is patched in v2025.12.0-alpha.2 by flipping default value of `trustProxy` to `false`. Users of a trusted reverse proxy who are unsure if they manually overode this value should check their config for optimal behavior. Users are running Misskey with a trusted reverse proxy should not be affected by this vulnerability. From v2025.9.1 to v2025.11.1, workaround is available. Set `trustProxy: false` in config file.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
Low
Availability
Low
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.3% · higher than 27% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
MI
misskey · misskey-dev
>= 2025.9.1, < 2025.12.0-alpha.2 · source: vendor, NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-66482
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-66482
Patch
https://github.com/misskey-dev/misskey/commit/5512898463fa8487b9e6488912f35102b91f25f7
Exploit
https://github.com/misskey-dev/misskey/security/advisories/GHSA-wwrj-3hvj-prpm
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