feat(engine): add trustedproxies and remoteIP

README.md

@@ -2124,6 +2124,39 @@ func main() {
 }
 ```
 
+## Don't trust all proxies
+
+Gin lets you specify which headers to hold the real client IP (if any),
+as well as specifying which proxies (or direct clients) you trust to
+specify one of these headers.
+
+The `TrustedProxies` slice on your `gin.Engine` specifes network addresses or
+network CIDRs from where clients which their request headers related to client
+IP can be trusted. They can be IPv4 addresses, IPv4 CIDRs, IPv6 addresses or
+IPv6 CIDRs.
+
+```go
+import (
+	"fmt"
+
+	"github.com/gin-gonic/gin"
+)
+
+func main() {
+
+	router := gin.Default()
+	router.TrustedProxies = []string{"192.168.1.2"}
+
+	router.GET("/", func(c *gin.Context) {
+		// If the client is 192.168.1.2, use the X-Forwarded-For
+		// header to deduce the original client IP from the trust-
+		// worthy parts of that header.
+		// Otherwise, simply return the direct client IP
+		fmt.Printf("ClientIP: %s\n", c.ClientIP())
+	})
+	router.Run()
+}
+```
 
 ## Testing
 

context.go

@@ -725,32 +725,82 @@ func (c *Context) ShouldBindBodyWith(obj interface{}, bb binding.BindingBody) (e
 	return bb.BindBody(body, obj)
 }
 
-// ClientIP implements a best effort algorithm to return the real client IP, it parses
-// X-Real-IP and X-Forwarded-For in order to work properly with reverse-proxies such us: nginx or haproxy.
-// Use X-Forwarded-For before X-Real-Ip as nginx uses X-Real-Ip with the proxy's IP.
+// ClientIP implements a best effort algorithm to return the real client IP.
+// It called c.RemoteIP() under the hood, to check if the remote IP is a trusted proxy or not.
+// If it's it will then try to parse the headers defined in Engine.RemoteIPHeaders (defaulting to [X-Forwarded-For, X-Real-Ip]).
+// If the headers are nots syntactically valid OR the remote IP does not correspong to a trusted proxy,
+// the remote IP (coming form Request.RemoteAddr) is returned.
 func (c *Context) ClientIP() string {
-	if c.engine.ForwardedByClientIP {
-		clientIP := c.requestHeader("X-Forwarded-For")
-		clientIP = strings.TrimSpace(strings.Split(clientIP, ",")[0])
-		if clientIP == "" {
-			clientIP = strings.TrimSpace(c.requestHeader("X-Real-Ip"))
+	if c.engine.AppEngine {
+		if addr := c.requestHeader("X-Appengine-Remote-Addr"); addr != "" {
+			return addr
 		}
-		if clientIP != "" {
-			return clientIP
+	}
+
+	remoteIP, trusted := c.RemoteIP()
+	if remoteIP == nil {
+		return ""
+	}
+
+	if trusted && c.engine.ForwardedByClientIP && c.engine.RemoteIPHeaders != nil {
+		for _, headerName := range c.engine.RemoteIPHeaders {
+			ip, valid := validateHeader(c.requestHeader(headerName))
+			if valid {
+				return ip
+			}
 		}
 	}
+	return remoteIP.String()
+}
 
-	if c.engine.AppEngine {
-		if addr := c.requestHeader("X-Appengine-Remote-Addr"); addr != "" {
-			return addr
+// 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 in Engine.TrustedProxies
+func (c *Context) RemoteIP() (net.IP, bool) {
+	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
+	}
+
+	trustedCIDRs, _ := c.engine.prepareTrustedCIDRs()
+	c.engine.trustedCIDRs = trustedCIDRs
+	if c.engine.trustedCIDRs != nil {
+		for _, cidr := range c.engine.trustedCIDRs {
+			if cidr.Contains(remoteIP) {
+				return remoteIP, true
+			}
 		}
 	}
 
-	if ip, _, err := net.SplitHostPort(strings.TrimSpace(c.Request.RemoteAddr)); err == nil {
-		return ip
+	return remoteIP, false
+}
+
+func validateHeader(header string) (clientIP string, valid bool) {
+	if header == "" {
+		return "", false
 	}
+	items := strings.Split(header, ",")
+	for i, ipStr := range items {
+		ipStr = strings.TrimSpace(ipStr)
+		ip := net.ParseIP(ipStr)
+		if ip == nil {
+			return "", false
+		}
 
-	return ""
+		// We need to return the first IP in the list, but,
+		// we should not early return since we need to validate that
+		// the rest of the header is syntactically valid
+		if i == 0 {
+			clientIP = ipStr
+			valid = true
+		}
+	}
+	return
 }
 
 // ContentType returns the Content-Type header of the request.

context_test.go

@@ -1392,11 +1392,10 @@ func TestContextClientIP(t *testing.T) {
 	c, _ := CreateTestContext(httptest.NewRecorder())
 	c.Request, _ = http.NewRequest("POST", "/", nil)
 
-	c.Request.Header.Set("X-Real-IP", " 10.10.10.10  ")
-	c.Request.Header.Set("X-Forwarded-For", "  20.20.20.20, 30.30.30.30")
-	c.Request.Header.Set("X-Appengine-Remote-Addr", "50.50.50.50")
-	c.Request.RemoteAddr = "  40.40.40.40:42123 "
+	resetContextForClientIPTests(c)
 
+	// Legacy tests (validating that the defaults don't break the
+	// (insecure!) old behaviour)
 	assert.Equal(t, "20.20.20.20", c.ClientIP())
 
 	c.Request.Header.Del("X-Forwarded-For")
@@ -1416,6 +1415,74 @@ func TestContextClientIP(t *testing.T) {
 	// no port
 	c.Request.RemoteAddr = "50.50.50.50"
 	assert.Empty(t, c.ClientIP())
+
+	// Tests exercising the TrustedProxies functionality
+	resetContextForClientIPTests(c)
+
+	// No trusted proxies
+	c.engine.TrustedProxies = []string{}
+	c.engine.RemoteIPHeaders = []string{"X-Forwarded-For"}
+	assert.Equal(t, "40.40.40.40", c.ClientIP())
+
+	// Last proxy is trusted, but the RemoteAddr is not
+	c.engine.TrustedProxies = []string{"30.30.30.30"}
+	assert.Equal(t, "40.40.40.40", c.ClientIP())
+
+	// Only trust RemoteAddr
+	c.engine.TrustedProxies = []string{"40.40.40.40"}
+	assert.Equal(t, "20.20.20.20", c.ClientIP())
+
+	// All steps are trusted
+	c.engine.TrustedProxies = []string{"40.40.40.40", "30.30.30.30", "20.20.20.20"}
+	assert.Equal(t, "20.20.20.20", c.ClientIP())
+
+	// Use CIDR
+	c.engine.TrustedProxies = []string{"40.40.25.25/16", "30.30.30.30"}
+	assert.Equal(t, "20.20.20.20", c.ClientIP())
+
+	// Use hostname that resolves to all the proxies
+	c.engine.TrustedProxies = []string{"foo"}
+	assert.Equal(t, "40.40.40.40", c.ClientIP())
+
+	// Use hostname that returns an error
+	c.engine.TrustedProxies = []string{"bar"}
+	assert.Equal(t, "40.40.40.40", c.ClientIP())
+
+	// X-Forwarded-For has a non-IP element
+	c.engine.TrustedProxies = []string{"40.40.40.40"}
+	c.Request.Header.Set("X-Forwarded-For", " blah ")
+	assert.Equal(t, "40.40.40.40", c.ClientIP())
+
+	// Result from LookupHost has non-IP element. This should never
+	// happen, but we should test it to make sure we handle it
+	// gracefully.
+	c.engine.TrustedProxies = []string{"baz"}
+	c.Request.Header.Set("X-Forwarded-For", " 30.30.30.30 ")
+	assert.Equal(t, "40.40.40.40", c.ClientIP())
+
+	c.engine.TrustedProxies = []string{"40.40.40.40"}
+	c.Request.Header.Del("X-Forwarded-For")
+	c.engine.RemoteIPHeaders = []string{"X-Forwarded-For", "X-Real-IP"}
+	assert.Equal(t, "10.10.10.10", c.ClientIP())
+
+	c.engine.RemoteIPHeaders = []string{}
+	c.engine.AppEngine = true
+	assert.Equal(t, "50.50.50.50", c.ClientIP())
+
+	c.Request.Header.Del("X-Appengine-Remote-Addr")
+	assert.Equal(t, "40.40.40.40", c.ClientIP())
+
+	// no port
+	c.Request.RemoteAddr = "50.50.50.50"
+	assert.Empty(t, c.ClientIP())
+}
+
+func resetContextForClientIPTests(c *Context) {
+	c.Request.Header.Set("X-Real-IP", " 10.10.10.10  ")
+	c.Request.Header.Set("X-Forwarded-For", "  20.20.20.20, 30.30.30.30")
+	c.Request.Header.Set("X-Appengine-Remote-Addr", "50.50.50.50")
+	c.Request.RemoteAddr = "  40.40.40.40:42123 "
+	c.engine.AppEngine = false
 }
 
 func TestContextContentType(t *testing.T) {
@@ -1960,3 +2027,12 @@ func TestContextWithKeysMutex(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.Nil(t, value)
 	assert.False(t, err)
 }
+
+func TestRemoteIPFail(t *testing.T) {
+	c, _ := CreateTestContext(httptest.NewRecorder())
+	c.Request, _ = http.NewRequest("POST", "/", nil)
+	c.Request.RemoteAddr = "[:::]:80"
+	ip, trust := c.RemoteIP()
+	assert.Nil(t, ip)
+	assert.False(t, trust)
+}

gin.go

@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import (
 	"net/http"
 	"os"
 	"path"
+	"strings"
 	"sync"
 
 	"github.com/gin-gonic/gin/internal/bytesconv"
@@ -81,9 +82,26 @@ type Engine struct {
 	// If no other Method is allowed, the request is delegated to the NotFound
 	// handler.
 	HandleMethodNotAllowed bool
-	ForwardedByClientIP    bool
 
-	// #726 #755 If enabled, it will thrust some headers starting with
+	// If enabled, client IP will be parsed from the request's headers that
+	// match those stored at `(*gin.Engine).RemoteIPHeaders`. If no IP was
+	// fetched, it falls back to the IP obtained from
+	// `(*gin.Context).Request.RemoteAddr`.
+	ForwardedByClientIP bool
+
+	// List of headers used to obtain the client IP when
+	// `(*gin.Engine).ForwardedByClientIP` is `true` and
+	// `(*gin.Context).Request.RemoteAddr` is matched by at least one of the
+	// network origins of `(*gin.Engine).TrustedProxies`.
+	RemoteIPHeaders []string
+
+	// List of network origins (IPv4 addresses, IPv4 CIDRs, IPv6 addresses or
+	// IPv6 CIDRs) from which to trust request's headers that contain
+	// alternative client IP when `(*gin.Engine).ForwardedByClientIP` is
+	// `true`.
+	TrustedProxies []string
+
+	// #726 #755 If enabled, it will trust some headers starting with
 	// 'X-AppEngine...' for better integration with that PaaS.
 	AppEngine bool
 
@@ -114,6 +132,7 @@ type Engine struct {
 	pool             sync.Pool
 	trees            methodTrees
 	maxParams        uint16
+	trustedCIDRs     []*net.IPNet
 }
 
 var _ IRouter = &Engine{}
@@ -139,6 +158,8 @@ func New() *Engine {
 		RedirectFixedPath:      false,
 		HandleMethodNotAllowed: false,
 		ForwardedByClientIP:    true,
+		RemoteIPHeaders:        []string{"X-Forwarded-For", "X-Real-IP"},
+		TrustedProxies:         []string{"0.0.0.0/0"},
 		AppEngine:              defaultAppEngine,
 		UseRawPath:             false,
 		RemoveExtraSlash:       false,
@@ -305,12 +326,60 @@ func iterate(path, method string, routes RoutesInfo, root *node) RoutesInfo {
 func (engine *Engine) Run(addr ...string) (err error) {
 	defer func() { debugPrintError(err) }()
 
+	trustedCIDRs, err := engine.prepareTrustedCIDRs()
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	engine.trustedCIDRs = trustedCIDRs
 	address := resolveAddress(addr)
 	debugPrint("Listening and serving HTTP on %s\n", address)
 	err = http.ListenAndServe(address, engine)
 	return
 }
 
+func (engine *Engine) prepareTrustedCIDRs() ([]*net.IPNet, error) {
+	if engine.TrustedProxies == nil {
+		return nil, nil
+	}
+
+	cidr := make([]*net.IPNet, 0, len(engine.TrustedProxies))
+	for _, trustedProxy := range engine.TrustedProxies {
+		if !strings.Contains(trustedProxy, "/") {
+			ip := parseIP(trustedProxy)
+			if ip == nil {
+				return cidr, &net.ParseError{Type: "IP address", Text: trustedProxy}
+			}
+
+			switch len(ip) {
+			case net.IPv4len:
+				trustedProxy += "/32"
+			case net.IPv6len:
+				trustedProxy += "/128"
+			}
+		}
+		_, cidrNet, err := net.ParseCIDR(trustedProxy)
+		if err != nil {
+			return cidr, err
+		}
+		cidr = append(cidr, cidrNet)
+	}
+	return cidr, nil
+}
+
+// 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 {
+	parsedIP := net.ParseIP(ip)
+
+	if ipv4 := parsedIP.To4(); ipv4 != nil {
+		// return ip in a 4-byte representation
+		return ipv4
+	}
+
+	// return ip in a 16-byte representation or nil
+	return parsedIP
+}
+
 // RunTLS attaches the router to a http.Server and starts listening and serving HTTPS (secure) requests.
 // It is a shortcut for http.ListenAndServeTLS(addr, certFile, keyFile, router)
 // Note: this method will block the calling goroutine indefinitely unless an error happens.

gin_integration_test.go

@@ -55,6 +55,13 @@ func TestRunEmpty(t *testing.T) {
 	testRequest(t, "http://localhost:8080/example")
 }
 
+func TestTrustedCIDRsForRun(t *testing.T) {
+	os.Setenv("PORT", "")
+	router := New()
+	router.TrustedProxies = []string{"hello/world"}
+	assert.Error(t, router.Run(":8080"))
+}
+
 func TestRunTLS(t *testing.T) {
 	router := New()
 	go func() {