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CVE PROGRAM SOURCE RECORD9.1 Critical

CVE-2026-54003

Kirby: External Initialization of the Panel on reverse proxy setups with the `Forwarded` header

Description

Kirby is an open-source content management system. Prior to 4.9.4 and from 5.4.4, Kirby sites with no configured user accounts that run on publicly accessible servers behind a reverse proxy setting the Forwarded, X-Client-IP, or X-Real-IP request header could allow remote attackers to install the Panel and create the first admin user because local-IP checks trusted those headers incorrectly. This issue is fixed in versions 4.9.4 and 5.4.4.

Affected products

Version statuses are supplied by the assigning organization. Consult the original record for detailed ranges and platform conditions.

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  • < 4.9.4affected
  • >= 5.0.0, < 5.4.4affected

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