CVE-2025-64422 Rate-limit bypass on login via X-Forwarded-Host header

Medium 5.5 Published Updated

Attackers can bypass login rate limits by manipulating headers, enabling unlimited brute-force attacks against user and admin accounts in Coolify.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Not needed
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2025-64422?

CVE-2025-64422 is a medium-severity vulnerability in coollabsio coolify, published on 5 Jan 2026. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Coolify is an open-source and self-hostable tool for managing servers, applications, and databases. In Coolify vstarting with version 4.0.0-beta.434, the /login endpoint advertises a rate limit of 5 requests but can be trivially bypassed by rotating the X-Forwarded-For header. This enables unlimited credential stuffing and brute-force attempts against user and admin accounts. As of time of publication, it is unclear if a patch is available.

Weakness: CWE-770

Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-64422?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Coollabs Coolify.

How do I fix CVE-2025-64422?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-64422 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2025-64422 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-64422 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-688j-rm43-5r8x.

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