CVE-2025-59152: PYSEC-2026-1553 - Litestar X-Forwarded-For Header Spoofing Vulnerability Enables Rate Limit Evasion

CVE-2025-59152 · Severity: low · CVSS 3.1 · Published 2026-07-07

Litestar X-Forwarded-For Header Spoofing Vulnerability Enables Rate Limit Evasion

Technologies: litestar (PyPI). Vendors: PyPI.

Quick answers

Is CVE-2025-59152 exploited in the wild?
No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2025-59152 being exploited in the wild.
How severe is CVE-2025-59152?
Low severity, with a CVSS score of 3.1, published 7 July 2026.
Which products and versions are affected?
litestar (PyPI) ECOSYSTEM:introduced=2.17.0,fixed=2.18.0.
Is there a fix for CVE-2025-59152?
Yes. litestar (PyPI): upgrade to 2.18.0 or later. Junglewise finds every place you run it, drafts the upgrade and applies it once you approve.
Am I affected by CVE-2025-59152?
Check whether you run litestar (PyPI) at an affected version. Junglewise does that check for you around the clock: connect your code, cloud and domains, and it matches new vulnerabilities like this one against what you actually run and tells you when one reaches you.

How to fix

  • litestar (PyPI): upgrade to 2.18.0 or later
    pip install "litestar>=2.18.0"

Affected products

  • litestar (PyPI) ECOSYSTEM:introduced=2.17.0,fixed=2.18.0

Identifiers

  • CVE-2025-59152
  • GHSA-hm36-ffrh-c77c
  • PYSEC-2026-1553

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