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express 5.1.0: Enable express trust proxy to resolve client IP, HTTPS protocol, and forwarded host behind reverse proxies without silently ignoring X-Forwarded headers
Muestra verificada para npm express 5.1.0: Enable express trust proxy to resolve client IP, HTTPS protocol, and forwarded host behind reverse proxies without…
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- Contrato firmado aprobado
- Recibos de verificación
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- 2
Entorno declarado
node linux x64 node node npm
Entornos de las ejecuciones de verificación
| Entorno | Contrato | Etapas | Ejecución |
|---|---|---|---|
| node 22 · linux alpine/x64 · docker ed25519:d91480838ac982c9 | PASS | compile:SKIPPED · contract:PASS · load:PASS · resolve:PASS CONTAINER_RUN · node-typescript@1 |
2026-08-16 |
| node 22 · linux alpine/x64 · docker ed25519:2175b912ea1c23b1 | PASS | compile:SKIPPED · contract:PASS · load:PASS · resolve:PASS CONTAINER_RUN · node-typescript@1 |
2026-08-18 |
Caso
HOW- Objetivo
- Enable express trust proxy to resolve client IP, HTTPS protocol, and forwarded host behind reverse proxies without silently ignoring X-Forwarded headers
- Paquetes
- Símbolos
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- express
- app.set
- req.ip
- req.ips
- req.protocol
- req.secure
- req.hostname
- Entorno
- node
- Creado
- 2026-08-16T06:30:14Z
Contrato
- start express app without trust proxy and verify req.ip ignores X-Forwarded-For
- start express app with trust proxy loopback and verify req.ip extracts client IP
- verify req.ips contains upstream client IP chain
- verify req.protocol evaluates to https from X-Forwarded-Proto
- verify req.secure evaluates to true when proxied over https
- verify req.hostname extracts domain from X-Forwarded-Host
- start express app with subnet trust proxy and verify multi-hop X-Forwarded-For chain extraction
Archivos
- NOTES.md
- csx.json
- package-lock.json
- package.json
- src/app.mjs
- test/contract.mjs
Código fuente
# Express Trust Proxy Configuration Trap
## Search Result
`search_known_solution` returned COMPATIBLE with sample `sha256:fef19e502d34212b044f0048abc258baddff16539b9ac82966414809394923c8` ("Serve a JSON POST route with express and its built-in body parser"). We author a contract covering a different trap: Express's `trust proxy` setting (`app.set('trust proxy', ...)`).
## What a naive model would have written
A naive model assumes `req.ip`, `req.protocol`, `req.secure`, and `req.hostname` automatically extract values from upstream `X-Forwarded-*` headers without configuring `app.set('trust proxy', 'loopback')` (or explicit hop counts / subnets).
## How the wrong version fails
Silently with a green build in local testing (where direct loopback HTTP requests mask the problem), but in production behind reverse proxies (Nginx, AWS ALB, Cloudflare), all clients are grouped under the single proxy IP causing global rate-limit lockouts, SSL redirect middleware enters infinite redirect loops because `req.protocol` is permanently `'http'`, and secure session cookies are stripped or omitted.
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{
"name": "csx-sample-express-trust-proxy",
"version": "1.0.0",
"private": true,
"type": "module",
"license": "MIT-0",
"dependencies": {
"express": "5.1.0"
}
}
import express from 'express';
/**
* Creates an Express application configured for reverse proxy deployments.
* By default, Express sets trust proxy = false, which causes req.ip, req.ips,
* req.protocol, req.secure, and req.hostname to completely ignore all X-Forwarded-* headers.
* Setting 'trust proxy' (e.g. 'loopback', hop count, or subnet list) enables header evaluation.
*/
export function createApp({ trustProxy = 'loopback' } = {}) {
const app = express();
if (trustProxy !== undefined) {
app.set('trust proxy', trustProxy);
}
app.get('/client-info', (req, res) => {
res.json({
ip: req.ip,
ips: req.ips,
protocol: req.protocol,
secure: req.secure,
hostname: req.hostname,
});
});
return app;
}
import { strict as assert } from 'node:assert';
import { createApp } from '../src/app.mjs';
// Helper to start an app on an ephemeral port and return { server, port }
async function startServer(app) {
const server = await new Promise((resolve) => {
const s = app.listen(0, '127.0.0.1', () => resolve(s));
});
const { port } = server.address();
return { server, port };
}
// 1. Untrusted default: without 'trust proxy', Express ignores all X-Forwarded-* headers
{
const app = createApp({ trustProxy: false });
const { server, port } = await startServer(app);
const res = await fetch(`http://127.0.0.1:${port}/client-info`, {
headers: {
'x-forwarded-for': '203.0.113.195',
'x-forwarded-proto': 'https',
'x-forwarded-host': 'api.example.com',
'host': '127.0.0.1',
},
});
const data = await res.json();
server.close();
assert.equal(data.ip, '127.0.0.1', 'Untrusted app must ignore X-Forwarded-For and return socket remoteAddress');
assert.deepEqual(data.ips, [], 'Untrusted app must return empty array for req.ips');
assert.equal(data.protocol, 'http', 'Untrusted app must ignore X-Forwarded-Proto and return http');
assert.equal(data.secure, false, 'Untrusted app must report req.secure as false');
assert.equal(data.hostname, '127.0.0.1', 'Untrusted app must ignore X-Forwarded-Host');
}
// 2. Single-hop reverse proxy: with trust proxy = 'loopback', Express extracts client IP, protocol, and hostname
{
const app = createApp({ trustProxy: 'loopback' });
const { server, port } = await startServer(app);
const res = await fetch(`http://127.0.0.1:${port}/client-info`, {
headers: {
'x-forwarded-for': '203.0.113.195',
'x-forwarded-proto': 'https',
'x-forwarded-host': 'api.example.com',
'host': '127.0.0.1',
},
});
const data = await res.json();
server.close();
assert.equal(data.ip, '203.0.113.195', 'Trusted app must extract real client IP from X-Forwarded-For');
assert.deepEqual(data.ips, ['203.0.113.195'], 'req.ips must contain client IP chain');
assert.equal(data.protocol, 'https', 'Trusted app must parse X-Forwarded-Proto as https');
assert.equal(data.secure, true, 'req.secure must evaluate to true for https protocol');
assert.equal(data.hostname, 'api.example.com', 'Trusted app must parse X-Forwarded-Host');
}
// 3. Multi-hop reverse proxy: trusting loopback + intermediate proxy subnet walks X-Forwarded-For chain
{
const app = createApp({ trustProxy: ['loopback', '198.51.100.0/24'] });
const { server, port } = await startServer(app);
const res = await fetch(`http://127.0.0.1:${port}/client-info`, {
headers: {
'x-forwarded-for': '203.0.113.195, 198.51.100.25',
'x-forwarded-proto': 'https',
'x-forwarded-host': 'api.example.com',
'host': '127.0.0.1',
},
});
const data = await res.json();
server.close();
assert.equal(data.ip, '203.0.113.195', 'Multi-hop trusted app must find the first untrusted upstream IP');
assert.deepEqual(data.ips, ['203.0.113.195', '198.51.100.25'], 'req.ips must list client-to-proxy chain');
assert.equal(data.protocol, 'https', 'req.protocol must evaluate to https');
assert.equal(data.secure, true, 'req.secure must evaluate to true');
assert.equal(data.hostname, 'api.example.com', 'req.hostname must evaluate to api.example.com');
}
console.log('CONTRACT PASS: express trust proxy correctly configures client IP, protocol, and hostname extraction');