Refactor and fix

context.go

@@ -757,10 +757,14 @@ func (c *Context) ClientIP() string {
 		}
 	}
 
-	remoteIP, trusted := c.RemoteIP()
+	// It also checks if the remoteIP is a trusted proxy or not.
+	// In order to perform this validation, it will see if the IP is contained within at least one of the CIDR blocks
+	// defined by Engine.SetTrustedProxies()
+	remoteIP := net.ParseIP(c.RemoteIP())
 	if remoteIP == nil {
 		return ""
 	}
+	trusted := c.engine.isTrustedProxy(remoteIP)
 
 	if trusted && c.engine.ForwardedByClientIP && c.engine.RemoteIPHeaders != nil {
 		for _, headerName := range c.engine.RemoteIPHeaders {
@@ -773,53 +777,13 @@ func (c *Context) ClientIP() string {
 	return remoteIP.String()
 }
 
-func (e *Engine) isTrustedProxy(ip net.IP) bool {
-	if e.trustedCIDRs != nil {
-		for _, cidr := range e.trustedCIDRs {
-			if cidr.Contains(ip) {
-				return true
-			}
-		}
-	}
-	return false
-}
-
 // RemoteIP parses the IP from Request.RemoteAddr, normalizes and returns the IP (without the port).
-// It also checks if the remoteIP is a trusted proxy or not.
-// In order to perform this validation, it will see if the IP is contained within at least one of the CIDR blocks
-// defined by Engine.SetTrustedProxies()
-func (c *Context) RemoteIP() (net.IP, bool) {
+func (c *Context) RemoteIP() string {
 	ip, _, err := net.SplitHostPort(strings.TrimSpace(c.Request.RemoteAddr))
 	if err != nil {
-		return nil, false
-	}
-	remoteIP := net.ParseIP(ip)
-	if remoteIP == nil {
-		return nil, false
-	}
-
-	return remoteIP, c.engine.isTrustedProxy(remoteIP)
-}
-
-func (e *Engine) validateHeader(header string) (clientIP string, valid bool) {
-	if header == "" {
-		return "", false
-	}
-	items := strings.Split(header, ",")
-	for i := len(items) - 1; i >= 0; i-- {
-		ipStr := strings.TrimSpace(items[i])
-		ip := net.ParseIP(ipStr)
-		if ip == nil {
-			return "", false
-		}
-
-		// X-Forwarded-For is appended by proxy
-		// Check IPs in reverse order and stop when find untrusted proxy
-		if (i == 0) || (!e.isTrustedProxy(ip)) {
-			return ipStr, true
-		}
+		return ""
 	}
-	return
+	return ip
 }
 
 // ContentType returns the Content-Type header of the request.

context_test.go

@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import (
 	"html/template"
 	"io"
 	"mime/multipart"
+	"net"
 	"net/http"
 	"net/http/httptest"
 	"os"
@@ -1404,6 +1405,11 @@ func TestContextClientIP(t *testing.T) {
 	// Tests exercising the TrustedProxies functionality
 	resetContextForClientIPTests(c)
 
+	// IPv6 support
+	c.Request.RemoteAddr = "[::1]:12345"
+	assert.Equal(t, "20.20.20.20", c.ClientIP())
+
+	resetContextForClientIPTests(c)
 	// No trusted proxies
 	_ = c.engine.SetTrustedProxies([]string{})
 	c.engine.RemoteIPHeaders = []string{"X-Forwarded-For"}
@@ -1500,6 +1506,7 @@ func resetContextForClientIPTests(c *Context) {
 	c.Request.Header.Set("CF-Connecting-IP", "60.60.60.60")
 	c.Request.RemoteAddr = "  40.40.40.40:42123 "
 	c.engine.TrustedPlatform = ""
+	c.engine.trustedCIDRs = defaultTrustedCIDRs
 	c.engine.AppEngine = false
 }
 
@@ -2051,7 +2058,8 @@ func TestRemoteIPFail(t *testing.T) {
 	c, _ := CreateTestContext(httptest.NewRecorder())
 	c.Request, _ = http.NewRequest("POST", "/", nil)
 	c.Request.RemoteAddr = "[:::]:80"
-	ip, trust := c.RemoteIP()
+	ip := net.ParseIP(c.RemoteIP())
+	trust := c.engine.isTrustedProxy(ip)
 	assert.Nil(t, ip)
 	assert.False(t, trust)
 }

gin.go

@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ import (
 	"net/http"
 	"os"
 	"path"
-	"reflect"
 	"strings"
 	"sync"
 
@@ -28,7 +27,16 @@ var (
 
 var defaultPlatform string
 
-var defaultTrustedCIDRs = []*net.IPNet{{IP: net.IP{0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0}, Mask: net.IPMask{0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0}}} // 0.0.0.0/0
+var defaultTrustedCIDRs = []*net.IPNet{
+	{ // 0.0.0.0/0 (IPv4)
+		IP:   net.IP{0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0},
+		Mask: net.IPMask{0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0},
+	},
+	{ // ::/0 (IPv6)
+		IP:   net.IP{0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0},
+		Mask: net.IPMask{0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0},
+	},
+}
 
 // HandlerFunc defines the handler used by gin middleware as return value.
 type HandlerFunc func(*Context)
@@ -399,9 +407,9 @@ func (engine *Engine) SetTrustedProxies(trustedProxies []string) error {
 	return engine.parseTrustedProxies()
 }
 
-// isUnsafeTrustedProxies compares Engine.trustedCIDRs and defaultTrustedCIDRs, it's not safe if equal (returns true)
+// isUnsafeTrustedProxies checks if Engine.trustedCIDRs contains all IPs, it's not safe if it has (returns true)
 func (engine *Engine) isUnsafeTrustedProxies() bool {
-	return reflect.DeepEqual(engine.trustedCIDRs, defaultTrustedCIDRs)
+	return engine.isTrustedProxy(net.ParseIP("0.0.0.0")) || engine.isTrustedProxy(net.ParseIP("::"))
 }
 
 // parseTrustedProxies parse Engine.trustedProxies to Engine.trustedCIDRs
@@ -411,6 +419,41 @@ func (engine *Engine) parseTrustedProxies() error {
 	return err
 }
 
+// isTrustedProxy will check whether the IP address is included in the trusted list according to Engine.trustedCIDRs
+func (engine *Engine) isTrustedProxy(ip net.IP) bool {
+	if engine.trustedCIDRs == nil {
+		return false
+	}
+	for _, cidr := range engine.trustedCIDRs {
+		if cidr.Contains(ip) {
+			return true
+		}
+	}
+	return false
+}
+
+// validateHeader will parse X-Forwarded-For header and return the trusted client IP address
+func (engine *Engine) validateHeader(header string) (clientIP string, valid bool) {
+	if header == "" {
+		return "", false
+	}
+	items := strings.Split(header, ",")
+	for i := len(items) - 1; i >= 0; i-- {
+		ipStr := strings.TrimSpace(items[i])
+		ip := net.ParseIP(ipStr)
+		if ip == nil {
+			break
+		}
+
+		// X-Forwarded-For is appended by proxy
+		// Check IPs in reverse order and stop when find untrusted proxy
+		if (i == 0) || (!engine.isTrustedProxy(ip)) {
+			return ipStr, true
+		}
+	}
+	return "", false
+}
+
 // parseIP parse a string representation of an IP and returns a net.IP with the
 // minimum byte representation or nil if input is invalid.
 func parseIP(ip string) net.IP {