GHSA-2vjq-hg5w-5gm7 is a high-severity (CVSS 7.1) CWE-290 vulnerability in octoprint. A fix is available for octoprint — see the affected versions and patch details below.
OctoPrint has an Authentication Bypass via X-Forwarded-For Header when autologinLocal is enabled
Exploitation Status
No confirmed exploitation observed yet
- A successful exploit gives an attacker total control of the affected component, not partial access.
- CISA’s own triage has not observed active exploitation or public proof-of-concept code for this CVE as of its last assessment.
Exploitation and automatability from CISA’s SSVC triage for GHSA-2vjq-hg5w-5gm7.
EPSS Exploitation Probability
EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System) is a daily probability model maintained by FIRST.org. It estimates the likelihood a CVE will be exploited in production environments within the next 30 days, derived from real-world threat intelligence signals.
How urgent is this, really
GHSA-2vjq-hg5w-5gm7 plotted by exploitation likelihood (EPSS) against impact (CVSS). The shaded corner — EPSS 50%+ and CVSS 7.0+ — is where this CVE doesn't sit, though severity or exploitability alone can still warrant action.
Where this sits among everything scored
Of 377,333 CVEs with a current EPSS score, this one falls in the < 10% band (highlighted). Real counts from FIRST.org, not a sample — log-scaled since the landscape is heavily right-skewed.
Real-World Exposure
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Description
Impact
OctoPrint versions up until and including 1.10.0 contain a vulnerability that allows an unauthenticated attacker to completely bypass the authentication if the autologinLocal option is enabled within config.yaml, even if they come from networks that are not configured as localNetworks, by spoofing their IP via the X-Forwarded-For header.
If autologin is not enabled, this vulnerability does not have any impact.
Patches
The vulnerability has been patched in version 1.10.1.
Workaround
Until the patch has been applied, OctoPrint administrators who have autologin enabled on their instances should disable it and/or to make the instance inaccessible from potentially hostile networks like the internet.
PoC
- Enable the
autologinAsconfiguration within theaccessControlsection in the OctoPrint yaml configuration file - Set your browser to add the
X-Forwarded-For: 127.0.0.1header to HTTP requests. For example, this can be done using proxy software like Burp Suite. Alternatively, there are browser extensions such as https://github.com/MisterPhilip/x-forwarded-for, but I haven't tried them. - Navigate to OctoPrint and note that it logs you in automatically.
Credits
This vulnerability was discovered and responsibly disclosed to OctoPrint by Jacopo Tediosi.
Affected Packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Vulnerable range | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🐍PyPI | octoprint | all versions | 1.10.1pip install --upgrade 'octoprint==1.10.1' |
Detection & mitigation playbook
Open-source dependencyDetect
Scan your dependency tree (package-lock.json, pnpm-lock.yaml, requirements.txt, go.sum, etc.) for octoprint, including transitive dependencies — a direct dependency you never call can still pull in a vulnerable version.
Fix
Update octoprint to 1.10.1 or later, then make sure no transitive (indirect) dependency still pins the vulnerable range — O3 confirms GHSA-2vjq-hg5w-5gm7 is resolved across your whole dependency graph.
Workarounds
If you can't upgrade right away: gate or disable the affected feature, validate untrusted input at the boundary, and avoid passing attacker-controlled data into the vulnerable path. O3's runtime protection blocks exploitation in production as an interim safeguard until the upgrade lands.
How O3 protects you
O3 Security's impact-aware SCA analyses which vulnerable code paths your application actually calls, so a match like GHSA-2vjq-hg5w-5gm7 can be triaged on real exposure rather than presence alone.
Tailored to GHSA-2vjq-hg5w-5gm7. Runtime protection reduces exposure until a permanent patch is applied and verified — it complements patching, it doesn't replace it.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is GHSA-2vjq-hg5w-5gm7 in your dependencies?
O3 Security finds GHSA-2vjq-hg5w-5gm7 across PyPI dependencies, including transitive ones, and its impact-aware SCA ranks findings by whether your code actually calls the vulnerable path.