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CVE-2020-28483: HTTP Response Splitting

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.8 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2021-01-20 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-444

Description

This affects all versions of package github.com/gin-gonic/gin. When gin is exposed directly to the internet, a client's IP can be spoofed by setting the X-Forwarded-For header.

Affected products

• github.com/gin-gonic/gin: before 1.7.0 — fixed in 1.7.0

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: github.com/gin-gonic/gin 1.7.0. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://github.com/gin-gonic/gin/pull/2474%23issuecomment-729696437
• https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-GOLANG-GITHUBCOMGINGONICGIN-1041736
• https://github.com/gin-gonic/gin/pull/2474%23issuecomment-729696437
• https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-GOLANG-GITHUBCOMGINGONICGIN-1041736

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