Merge 3b3d3bf6dab47bd25dec16a45834752cedee65ff into 915e4c90d28ec4cffc6eb146e208ab5a65eac772

context.go

@@ -978,14 +978,27 @@ func (c *Context) ClientIP() string {
 		}
 	}
 
-	// It also checks if the remoteIP is a trusted proxy or not.
-	// In order to perform this validation, it will see if the IP is contained within at least one of the CIDR blocks
-	// defined by Engine.SetTrustedProxies()
-	remoteIP := net.ParseIP(c.RemoteIP())
-	if remoteIP == nil {
-		return ""
+	var (
+		trusted  bool
+		remoteIP net.IP
+	)
+	// If gin is listening a unix socket, always trust it.
+	localAddr, ok := c.Request.Context().Value(http.LocalAddrContextKey).(net.Addr)
+	if ok && strings.HasPrefix(localAddr.Network(), "unix") {
+		trusted = true
+	}
+
+	// Fallback
+	if !trusted {
+		// It also checks if the remoteIP is a trusted proxy or not.
+		// In order to perform this validation, it will see if the IP is contained within at least one of the CIDR blocks
+		// defined by Engine.SetTrustedProxies()
+		remoteIP = net.ParseIP(c.RemoteIP())
+		if remoteIP == nil {
+			return ""
+		}
+		trusted = c.engine.isTrustedProxy(remoteIP)
 	}
-	trusted := c.engine.isTrustedProxy(remoteIP)
 
 	if trusted && c.engine.ForwardedByClientIP && c.engine.RemoteIPHeaders != nil {
 		for _, headerName := range c.engine.RemoteIPHeaders {

context_test.go

@@ -1884,6 +1884,16 @@ func TestContextClientIP(t *testing.T) {
 	c.engine.trustedCIDRs, _ = c.engine.prepareTrustedCIDRs()
 	resetContextForClientIPTests(c)
 
+	// unix address
+	addr := &net.UnixAddr{Net: "unix", Name: "@"}
+	c.Request = c.Request.WithContext(context.WithValue(c.Request.Context(), http.LocalAddrContextKey, addr))
+	c.Request.RemoteAddr = addr.String()
+	assert.Equal(t, "20.20.20.20", c.ClientIP())
+
+	// reset
+	c.Request = c.Request.WithContext(context.Background())
+	resetContextForClientIPTests(c)
+
 	// Legacy tests (validating that the defaults don't break the
 	// (insecure!) old behaviour)
 	assert.Equal(t, "20.20.20.20", c.ClientIP())
@@ -1910,7 +1920,7 @@ func TestContextClientIP(t *testing.T) {
 	resetContextForClientIPTests(c)
 
 	// IPv6 support
-	c.Request.RemoteAddr = "[::1]:12345"
+	c.Request.RemoteAddr = fmt.Sprintf("[%s]:12345", localhostIPv6)
 	assert.Equal(t, "20.20.20.20", c.ClientIP())
 
 	resetContextForClientIPTests(c)
@@ -3212,7 +3222,7 @@ func TestContextCopyShouldNotCancel(t *testing.T) {
 	}()
 
 	addr := strings.Split(l.Addr().String(), ":")
-	res, err := http.Get(fmt.Sprintf("http://127.0.0.1:%s/", addr[len(addr)-1]))
+	res, err := http.Get(fmt.Sprintf("http://%s:%s/", localhostIP, addr[len(addr)-1]))
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Error(fmt.Errorf("request error: %w", err))
 		return

gin_test.go

@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ func TestLoadHTMLGlobDebugMode(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func TestH2c(t *testing.T) {
-	ln, err := net.Listen("tcp", "127.0.0.1:0")
+	ln, err := net.Listen("tcp", localhostIP+":0")
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Error(err)
 	}

utils.go

@@ -19,6 +19,12 @@ import (
 // BindKey indicates a default bind key.
 const BindKey = "_gin-gonic/gin/bindkey"
 
+// localhostIP indicates the default localhost IP address.
+const localhostIP = "127.0.0.1"
+
+// localhostIPv6 indicates the default localhost IPv6 address.
+const localhostIPv6 = "::1"
+
 // Bind is a helper function for given interface object and returns a Gin middleware.
 func Bind(val any) HandlerFunc {
 	value := reflect.ValueOf(val)