goauthentik / goauthentik/authentik
GeoIP bindings mishandle private and local-network client IPs
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Description
## What
GeoIP bindings/policies mis-handle RFC1918/local-network client IPs (logout, travel-distance, missing geo).
## Want
- GeoIP bindings/policies mis-handle RFC1918/local-network client IPs (logout, travel-distance, missing geo)
## Ideas this came from
- [#13247 GeoIP for filter internal IPs](https://github.com/goauthentik/authentik/issues/13247) — Describe your question/ I created a policy for GeoIP with some countries and the new travel distance feature. I use traefik as my reverse proxy. My problem now
- [#18887 Unable to use GeoIP binding for login stage with local network IP](https://github.com/goauthentik/authentik/issues/18887) — When using GeoIP bindings in the User Login Stage as described here and accessing authentik through the local network (both the client and authentik have a 192.
Contributor guide
Research direction
Start by reproducing the RFC1918/local-network client IP cases described in the issue, including logout, travel-distance, and missing-geo behavior, then trace the GeoIP bindings and policies involved. Done means these scenarios handle private and local-network addresses correctly; no files or tests are named in the issue.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- python
- Domain
- authentication, security
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Active
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 38/100