Vulnerability · Published Jul 14, 2026 · Assigned by GitHub_M
CVE-2026-47737Puma PROXY Protocol v1 Accepts Repeated Protocol Headers on Persistent Connections
High 7.5
In plain English
A high-severity authentication bypass by spoofing in puma from puma. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.2% (higher than 7% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.
Official description
Puma is a Ruby/Rack web server built for parallelism. From 5.5.0 until 7.2.1 and 8.0.2, Puma is vulnerable to source IP spoofing when set_remote_address proxy_protocol: :v1 is enabled and persistent connections are used because Puma incorrectly re-parses PROXY protocol headers after each keep-alive request on the same connection, allowing an attacker to inject a second PROXY header and overwrite REMOTE_ADDR. This issue is fixed in versions 7.2.1 and 8.0.2.
Affected packages & fixed versions
| Ecosystem | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian:12 | puma | 5.6.5-3+deb12u2 | DEBIAN-CVE-2026-47737 |
| Debian:13 | puma | no fix listed | DEBIAN-CVE-2026-47737 |
| Debian:14 | puma | 8.0.2-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2026-47737 |
| RubyGems | puma | 7.2.1 | GHSA-2vqw-3mp8-cgmx |
| RubyGems | puma | 8.0.2 | GHSA-2vqw-3mp8-cgmx |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | puma | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2026-47737 |
| Ubuntu:26.04:LTS | puma | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2026-47737 |
| Ubuntu:26.10 | puma | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2026-47737 |
Affected products (as reported)
Weakness: CWE-290, CWE-345 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
References
- https://github.com/puma/puma/security/advisories/GHSA-2vqw-3mp8-cgmx x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://github.com/puma/puma/pull/3944 x_refsource_MISC
- https://github.com/puma/puma/pull/3947 x_refsource_MISC
- https://github.com/puma/puma/commit/439c6136d9c2275721b7864db3ee78af7c80889f x_refsource_MISC
- https://github.com/puma/puma/commit/ebe9db3929ab8299d19c8f5b41e8ef4f4b22fa58 x_refsource_MISC
- https://github.com/puma/puma/releases/tag/v7.2.1 x_refsource_MISC
- https://github.com/puma/puma/releases/tag/v8.0.2 x_refsource_MISC