How severe is GHSA-fx5p-f64h-93xc?

No CVSS score has been assigned to GHSA-fx5p-f64h-93xc yet. Review the advisory details and affected package list to assess your exposure.

Which packages are affected by GHSA-fx5p-f64h-93xc?

GHSA-fx5p-f64h-93xc affects the following packages: github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs (Go). Ecosystems affected: Go.

How do I fix GHSA-fx5p-f64h-93xc?

Update github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs to 0.12.1 or later, then make sure no transitive (indirect) dependency still pins the vulnerable range — O3 confirms GHSA-fx5p-f64h-93xc is resolved across your whole dependency graph.

How do I detect GHSA-fx5p-f64h-93xc in my Go dependencies?

Scan your dependency tree (package-lock.json, pnpm-lock.yaml, requirements.txt, go.sum, etc.) for github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs. O3's reachability analysis confirms whether the vulnerable code path is actually invoked in your application, so you act on real exposure instead of every transitive match.

How do I mitigate GHSA-fx5p-f64h-93xc if there is no patch (or I can't update yet)?

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 does O3 Security protect against GHSA-fx5p-f64h-93xc?

O3 pinpoints whether GHSA-fx5p-f64h-93xc is reachable in your code and exactly where to fix it, then blocks exploitation in production at runtime until the patched version is deployed.

Is GHSA-fx5p-f64h-93xc actively exploited in the wild?

No public exploit code has been indexed for GHSA-fx5p-f64h-93xc yet. This does not mean the vulnerability cannot be exploited — absence of public exploits does not imply safety. Apply the recommended fix and use O3 Security to monitor your exposure.

When was GHSA-fx5p-f64h-93xc published, and has it been updated?

GHSA-fx5p-f64h-93xc was published on April 4, 2022 and was last updated on August 21, 2024. Advisory data evolves as severity scores, affected ranges, and exploit intelligence are revised — always check the latest version of the advisory before acting.

🐹 Go

GHSA-fx5p-f64h-93xc

Opened exploitable ports in default docker-compose.yaml in go-ipfs

Also known asGO-2022-0418

Published

Apr 4, 2022

Updated

Aug 21, 2024

Affected

1 pkg

Patched

1 / 1

Exploits

None indexed

Blast Radius

1 pkg affected

🐹github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs

Real-time download stats are indexed for npm and PyPI packages. This vulnerability affects Go packages — download data is not available via public APIs for these ecosystems.

Description

Impact

Allows admin API access to the IPFS node.

Who ?

This affects people running the docker-compose.yaml service in an environment where the docker host is directly attached to a public or untrusted IP. In the vulnerable version, the private API endpoint is publicly forwarded by exposing it as 0.0.0.0:5001 on the host machine.

If the host machine is hidden behind a firewall or NAT (and the LAN is trusted for NAT), this is not an immediate issue because of the protection from the firewall or NAT. That said, we still recommend users update to follow security best practices of not putting unnecessary dependency on a working firewall.

Patches

This issue is in docker-compose.yaml. Users need to replace their current docker-compose.yaml file with a version 0.12.1 or later.

There is no need to update any of the binaries. Users running previous versions like 0.12.0 or earlier can download the 0.12.1 docker-compose.yaml file. You can replace a vulnerable docker-compose.yaml file with a the new one with:

curl https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ipfs/go-ipfs/v0.12.1/docker-compose.yaml > docker-compose.yaml

How to test if you are vulnerable

Binding check on the host

On the host machine, while IPFS is running, run as root:

netstat -lnp | grep ":5001"

The output will be a list of listeners bound to :5001. You then need to check that those listeners are private and preferably even localhost IPs. ⚠️ If this listener is on 0.0.0.0 or a public IP you are very likely vulnerable.

Remote hailing

While IPFS is running, you can try to contact the API from a remote machine. (Replace 1.2.3.4 with your node public IP. Or if you want to test in an untrusted NAT, then substitute the LAN IP instead.)

curl -X POST http://1.2.3.4:5001/api/v0/version

⚠️ If you see any json outputted (e.g., {"Commit": "<string>","Golang": "<string>","Repo": "<string>","System": "<string>","Version": "<string>"}), then you are vulnerable.

If it fails, then you are safe.

For more information

If you have any questions or comments about this advisory:

Please first read https://docs.ipfs.io/reference/http/api/ about best practices
Ask in IPFS Discord #ipfs-chatter
Open an issue in go-ipfs

Affected Packages

1 total 1 fixed

Ecosystem	Package	Vulnerable range	Fix
🐹Go	`github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs`	≥ 0.11.0&&< 0.12.1	0.12.1

Detection & mitigation playbook

Open-source dependency

Detect
Scan your dependency tree (package-lock.json, pnpm-lock.yaml, requirements.txt, go.sum, etc.) for github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs. O3's reachability analysis confirms whether the vulnerable code path is actually invoked in your application, so you act on real exposure instead of every transitive match.
Fix
Update github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs to 0.12.1 or later, then make sure no transitive (indirect) dependency still pins the vulnerable range — O3 confirms GHSA-fx5p-f64h-93xc 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 pinpoints whether GHSA-fx5p-f64h-93xc is reachable in your code and exactly where to fix it, then blocks exploitation in production at runtime until the patched version is deployed.

Tailored to GHSA-fx5p-f64h-93xc. Runtime protection reduces exposure until a permanent patch is applied and verified — it complements patching, it doesn't replace it.

Frequently Asked Questions

### Impact Allows admin API access to the IPFS node. ### Who ? This affects people running the [docker-compose.yaml](https://github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs/blob/master/docker-compose.yaml) service in an environment where the docker host is directly attached to a public or untrusted IP. In the vulnerable version, the private API endpoint is publicly forwarded by exposing it as `0.0.0.0:5001` on the host machine. If the host machine is hidden behind a firewall or NAT (and the LAN is trusted for NAT), this is not an immediate issue because of the protection from the firewall or NAT. That said,

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