CVE-2025-66482

Medium

Description

Misskey is an open source, federated social media platform. Attackers who use an untrusted reverse proxy or not using a reverse proxy at all can bypass IP rate limiting by adding a forged X-Forwarded-For header. Starting with version 2025.9.1, an option (`trustProxy`) has been added in config file to prevent this from happening. However, it is initialized with an insecure default value before version 2025.12.0-alpha.2, making it still vulnerable if the configuration is not set correctly. This is patched in v2025.12.0-alpha.2 by flipping default value of `trustProxy` to `false`. Users of a trusted reverse proxy who are unsure if they manually overode this value should check their config for optimal behavior. Users are running Misskey with a trusted reverse proxy should not be affected by this vulnerability. From v2025.9.1 to v2025.11.1, workaround is available. Set `trustProxy: false` in config file.

SeverityMedium
CVSS6.5
Exploit probability—
ProductMisskey
PublishedDec 16, 2025
First seenDec 16, 2025

How to fix

Update
  • misskey misskey2025.12.0 or later
  • misskey-js2025.12.0-alpha.2 or later

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
misskey misskey13.1.0 ≤ v < 2025.12.0, 13.0.02025.12.0
misskey-jsnpm2025.9.1 ≤ v < 2025.12.0-alpha.22025.12.0-alpha.2

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