Vulnerability in Sysadminsmedia Homebox
CVE-2026-27981
HomeBox is a home inventory and organization system. Prior to 0.24.0, the authentication rate limiter (authRateLimiter) tracks failed attempts per client IP. It determines the client IP by reading, 1. X-Real-IP header, 2. First entry of X-Forwarded-For header, and 3. r.RemoteAddr (TCP connection address). These headers were read unconditionally. An attacker connecting directly to Homebox could forge any value in X-Real-IP, effectively getting a fresh rate limit identity per request. There is a TrustProxy option in the configuration (Options.TrustProxy, default false), but this option was never read by any middleware or rate limiter code. Additionally, chi's middleware.RealIP was applied unconditionally in main.go, overwriting r.RemoteAddr with the forged header value before it reaches any handler. This vulnerability is fixed in 0.24.0.
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CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 7.4 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.003 (19.6th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 20th percentile — 19.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.004 · newest: 0.003 · change: -0.001
Affected products
- Sysadminsmedia Homebox — versions < 0.24.0
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2026-27981?
- CVE-2026-27981 is a high-severity vulnerability in Sysadminsmedia Homebox, classified under Improper Restriction of Excessive Authentication Attempts. CVSS score: 7.4/10. Published 2026-03-03.
- How severe is CVE-2026-27981?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.4 out of 10.