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[INFRA-1240] fix(security): trust only private ranges in the AIO proxy - #10136
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…y by default The AIO Caddyfile trusted forwarded headers from 0.0.0.0/0, so a client's own X-Forwarded-For reached the API and keyed its per-IP throttles and audit IP. Default TRUSTED_PROXIES to private_ranges, matching the web and admin Caddyfiles, and document the override for load balancers and CDNs.
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Proxy default and configuration guidance apps/proxy/Caddyfile.aio.ce, deployments/aio/community/README.md |
The AIO proxy defaults to private_ranges while preserving an explicitly configured TRUSTED_PROXIES value. The README describes proxy ranges, their role in rate limiting, and the risk of trusting 0.0.0.0/0. |
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Estimated code review effort: 2 (Simple) | ~8 minutes
Change: Bug fix · Severity of issue fixed: Medium
Possibly related issues
makeplane/plane#9525: This changes the AIO proxy default requested in the issue; production environment wiring remains outside this change.makeplane/plane#9913: Restricting trusted proxy ranges addresses the reported use of attacker-controlledX-Forwarded-Forvalues for rate-limit bypass.
Suggested labels: 🛡️security
Suggested reviewers: mguptahub, pablohashescobar
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The AIO proxy now defaults to trusting private ranges. Operators behind public load balancers or CDNs must configure their proxy ranges as documented. No actionable merge-blocking issue was established.
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Description
The all-in-one (AIO) image's Caddy config trusted forwarded headers from
0.0.0.0/0. Any client's ownX-Forwarded-Fortherefore reached the bundled API unchanged. The API uses that header for its per-IP throttles on the auth endpoints and for the audit IP (get_client_ip), so on a default AIO install a client could pick the IP the API saw.apps/proxy/Caddyfile.aio.ce: the default forTRUSTED_PROXIESis nowprivate_ranges, the same valueapps/web/caddy/Caddyfileandapps/admin/caddy/Caddyfilealready use. Caddy replaces the header from any client outside the trusted ranges with the real client IP before proxying.deployments/aio/community/README.md: documentsTRUSTED_PROXIESfor operators behind a load balancer or CDN.Behavior change: AIO installs behind a load balancer or CDN on public IPs will see the load balancer's IP as the client until they set
TRUSTED_PROXIES(e.g.-e TRUSTED_PROXIES="private_ranges 203.0.113.0/24"). Until then, all users share one auth rate-limit bucket. This needs a release note.Not changed:
TRUSTED_PROXIESis not added tovariables.env.start.shexportsplane.envover the container environment, so adding it there would silently override a-e TRUSTED_PROXIES=...flag.Caddyfile.ce, CLI compose) keeps its0.0.0.0/0default, which INFRA-1189 kept on purpose.Type of Change
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Test Scenarios
Checked with the
caddy:2image (v2.11.4):caddy adapton the new config: when unset,trusted_proxiesresolves to the private ranges.TRUSTED_PROXIES=203.0.113.0/24andTRUSTED_PROXIES="private_ranges 203.0.113.0/24"both resolve as expected.X-Forwarded-For: 6.6.6.6to/api/*, routed to an echo backend on:3004. With the old default (0.0.0.0/0) the backend got6.6.6.6, 127.0.0.1. From an untrusted client it got127.0.0.1only.Suggested on a built AIO image:
X-Forwarded-For, and confirm the API logs and rate-limits the real client IP.-e TRUSTED_PROXIES="<lb range>"behind a load balancer and confirm the real client IP still reaches the API.Known limit: where Docker's userland proxy forwards the traffic (Docker Desktop, some IPv6 setups), clients arrive from a private gateway IP and are still trusted. Standard Linux port mapping keeps the real client IP.
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NUM_PROXIES/TRUSTED_PROXIESfor the CLI compose)Created with Claude Code
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