CVE-2026-35391
HighCVSS 7.5Exploitation Probability (EPSS)
Low risk3th percentile - higher than 3% of all known CVEs
Summary
In Bulwark Webmail before 1.4.11, the getClientIP() function trusts the first (leftmost) entry of the X-Forwarded-For header, which is fully controlled by the client. An attacker can forge their source IP to bypass IP-based rate limiting (enabling brute-force attacks on the admin login) or forge audit log entries.
Risk Assessment
An attacker can perform effective brute-force attacks on the admin account and hide their true location, making intrusion detection difficult.
Recommendation
Update Bulwark Webmail to version 1.4.11 or later. Consider using additional authentication mechanisms such as CAPTCHA.
Other vulnerabilities in Bulwark Webmail
See all- CVE-2026-35390Medium
Bulwark Webmail prior to version 1.4.11 sets the Content-Security-Policy-Report-Only header instead of the enforcing Content-Security-Policy header. This means XSS attacks are logged but not blocked, allowing arbitrary JavaScript execution via crafted email HTML.
- CVE-2026-35389High
In Bulwark Webmail prior to 1.4.11, S/MIME signature verification did not validate the certificate trust chain, so any email signed with a self-signed or untrusted certificate was displayed as having a valid signature.
- CVE-2026-34834High
Bulwark Webmail before version 1.4.10 has a vulnerability in verifyIdentity() that returned true when no session cookies were present. This allows unauthenticated attackers to bypass security and access the /api/settings endpoint, modifying user settings.
- CVE-2026-34833High
Bulwark Webmail prior to version 1.4.10 exposed the user's plaintext password in the JSON response from the GET /api/auth/session endpoint. This exposed credentials to browser logs, local caches, and network proxies.
Original NVD description (English source)
Bulwark Webmail is a self-hosted webmail client for Stalwart Mail Server. Prior to 1.4.11, the getClientIP() function in lib/admin/session.ts trusted the first (leftmost) entry of the X-Forwarded-For header, which is fully controlled by the client. An attacker could forge their source IP address to bypass IP-based rate limiting (enabling brute-force attacks against the admin login) or forge audit log entries (making malicious activity appear to originate from arbitrary IP addresses). This vulnerability is fixed in 1.4.11.