USN-8978-1: CakePHP vulnerability
Publication date
3 November 2026
Overview
CakePHP could be made to trust a spoofed client IP address.
Releases
Packages
- cakephp - rapid application development framework for PHP
Details
Dawid Golunski discovered that CakePHP incorrectly trusted the CLIENT-IP
HTTP header when determining the client IP address. A remote attacker could
possibly use this issue to spoof their IP address.
Dawid Golunski discovered that CakePHP incorrectly trusted the CLIENT-IP
HTTP header when determining the client IP address. A remote attacker could
possibly use this issue to spoof their IP address.
Update instructions
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.
Learn more about how to get the fixes.The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:
| Ubuntu Release | Package Version | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 16.04 LTS xenial | cakephp – 2.8.0-1ubuntu0.1~esm1 | ||
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