USN-8978-1

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    USN-8978-1

    Published: 3 Nov 2026Last Modified: 4 Nov 2026

    Summary: cakephp vulnerability

    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.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8978-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-4793

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: cakephp

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/cakephp?arch=source&distro=esm-apps-legacy%2Fxenial

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -2.8.0-1ubuntu0.1~esm1

    Affected versions

    2.7.2-1

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
    USN-8978-1 | CVE-DB