module: github.com/gin-gonic/gin
description: |
  Due to improper HTTP header santization, a malicious user can spoof their
  source IP address by setting the X-Forwarded-For header. This may allow
  a user to bypass IP based restrictions, or obfuscate their true source.
published: 2021-04-14T12:00:00Z
cve: CVE-2020-28483
credit: "@sorenh"
symbols:
  - Context.ClientIP
versions:
  - fixed: v1.6.3-0.20210406033725-bfc8ca285eb4
links:
  commit: https://github.com/gin-gonic/gin/commit/bfc8ca285eb46dad60e037d57c545cd260636711
  pr: https://github.com/gin-gonic/gin/pull/2632
  context:
    - https://github.com/gin-gonic/gin/pull/2474