Medium severity · published Jun 29, 2026
CVE-2026-57942
LibreTranslate - IP Spoofing via X-Forwarded-For Header
5.3
CVSS
0.2%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
LibreTranslate through 1.9.7, fixed in commit 397fd22, contains an IP spoofing vulnerability in the get_remote_address() function that allows unauthenticated attackers to spoof client IP addresses by injecting arbitrary values into the X-Forwarded-For header without trusted proxy validation. Attackers can bypass per-IP rate limiting and flood bans by supplying forged addresses in the X-Forwarded-For header to enable unlimited API abuse.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
Low
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.2% · higher than 14% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
LI
LibreTranslate · LibreTranslate
through 1.9.7 · source: vendor
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-57942
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-57942
github.com
https://github.com/LibreTranslate/LibreTranslate/commit/397fd224080515d4001a1bc60c8fed53e3c56b6f
github.com
https://github.com/LibreTranslate/LibreTranslate/issues/986
github.com
https://github.com/LibreTranslate/LibreTranslate/pull/987
www.vulncheck.com
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/libretranslate-ip-spoofing-via-x-forwarded-for-header
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