GHSA-fc6g-2gcp-2qrq
RustFS has SourceIp bypass via spoofed X-Forwarded-For/Real-IP headers
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Details
As written in the advisory (Markdown source, shown as plain text).
### Summary
IP-based access control can be bypassed: get_condition_values trusts client-supplied X-Forwarded-For/X-Real-Ip without verifying a trusted proxy, so any reachable client can spoof aws:SourceIp and satisfy IP-allowlist policies.
### Details
- Vulnerable code: `rustfs/src/auth.rs:289-304` sets `remote_addr` from `X-Forwarded-For`/`X-Real-Ip`, then inserts `SourceIp` via
`get_source_ip_raw`, with no trust boundary or proxy validation:
- `let remote_addr = header.get("x-forwarded-for").and_then(...).or_else(|| header.get("x-real-ip")...).unwrap_or("127.0.0.1");`
- `args.insert("SourceIp", vec![get_source_ip_raw(header, remote_addr)]);`
- This value feeds IAM/bucket policy evaluation in `rustfs/src/storage/access.rs` (authorization path), so any request that forges the header can meet `aws:SourceIp` conditions.
- No authentication is required beyond the request itself; the header is taken at face value even on direct connections.
### PoC
[rustfs-auth-trusted-ip-header-spoofing-poc.tar.gz](https://github.com/user-attachments/files/24038162/rustfs-auth-trusted-ip-header-spoofing-poc.tar.gz)
Steps (already included in `rustfs-auth-trusted-ip-header-spoofing-poc/`):
1. Start RustFS with two local volumes, e.g.:
```
mkdir -p /tmp/rustfs-data1 /tmp/rustfs-data2
RUSTFS_ACCESS_KEY=devadmin RUSTFS_SECRET_KEY=devadmin \
cargo run --bin rustfs -- --address 0.0.0.0:9000 \
/tmp/rustfs-data1 /tmp/rustfs-data2
```
2. From `rustfs-auth-trusted-ip-header-spoofing-poc`/, run:
```
ENDPOINT=http://127.0.0.1:9000 make run
```
The script:
- Creates bucket `rustfs-trusted-ip-poc`.
- Applies a bucket policy allowing `s3:ListBucket` only from `10.0.0.5/32` (`Principal: {"AWS":["*"]},` Resource array).
- Sends three unauthenticated `ListBucket` calls:
- Baseline (no spoof) → HTTP 403.
- Spoofed `X-Forwarded-For: 10.0.0.5` → HTTP 200 (policy bypass).
- Spoofed `X-Forwarded-For: 1.2.3.4` → HTTP 403.
- Responses saved to `poc-baseline.xml`, `poc-spoofed.xml`, `poc-deny.xml`.
### Impact
- Vulnerability type: Authorization bypass of IP-allowlist (`aws:SourceIp`) via header spoofing.
- Who is impacted: Any deployment relying on `aws:SourceIp` in IAM/bucket policies for S3 operations. Attackers with network reach to RustFS can forge forwarded-IP headers to gain list/read/write where IP restrictions were meant to block them.
### Credits
Identified by SecMate (https://secmate.dev) automated analysis and validated during manual triage.
References
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