[relay] only trust X-Real-Ip headers from configured trusted proxies (#6833)

The WS listener unconditionally trusted X-Real-Ip/X-Real-Port headers,
letting any client forge the source address the relay logs. Gate header
trust behind a trusted-proxy allowlist; ignore the headers unless the
immediate peer matches a configured prefix. Defaults to never trusting
the headers when the allowlist is empty.

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## Summary by CodeRabbit

* **New Features**
* Added `--trusted-proxies` to configure a comma-separated allowlist of
trusted upstream proxy IPs/CIDRs.
* **Behavior Changes**
* Relay WebSocket now uses `X-Real-Ip` / `X-Real-Port` only when the
immediate peer is from the configured trusted set; otherwise it falls
back to the direct remote address.
* Proxy client IP resolution is now consistent and honors
`X-Forwarded-For` only through trusted hops.
* **Operational**
  * Invalid `--trusted-proxies` values fail fast on startup.
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Zoltan Papp
2026-07-20 18:15:03 +02:00
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parent d64e9542eb
commit 724c6a06e6
17 changed files with 446 additions and 408 deletions
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@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ import (
"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/proxy/internal/roundtrip"
"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/proxy/internal/types"
"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/proxy/web"
"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/trustedproxy"
)
func TestRewriteFunc_HostRewriting(t *testing.T) {
@@ -302,7 +303,7 @@ func TestExtractHostIP(t *testing.T) {
}
for _, tt := range tests {
t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
assert.Equal(t, tt.expected, extractHostIP(tt.remoteAddr))
assert.Equal(t, tt.expected, trustedproxy.ExtractHostIP(tt.remoteAddr))
})
}
}
@@ -330,7 +331,7 @@ func TestExtractForwardedPort(t *testing.T) {
func TestRewriteFunc_TrustedProxy(t *testing.T) {
target, _ := url.Parse("http://backend.internal:8080")
trusted := []netip.Prefix{netip.MustParsePrefix("10.0.0.0/8")}
trusted := trustedproxy.FromPrefixes([]netip.Prefix{netip.MustParsePrefix("10.0.0.0/8")})
t.Run("appends to X-Forwarded-For", func(t *testing.T) {
p := &ReverseProxy{forwardedProto: "auto", trustedProxies: trusted}