🚨 Flash: [CRITICAL] Fix x-forwarded-for proxy chain injection vulnerability

[Shreyassp002]

Category: Security
Priority: P0
💡 What: Fixed vulnerability in IP extraction from x-forwarded-for header.
🎯 Why: Attackers can bypass IP spoofing filters and trigger DB limit errors by injecting proxy chains into headers.
📊 Impact: Ensures logging captures only the first hop client IP cleanly and without malicious payload.
✅ Verification: Manually reviewed usages and ran linters/build scripts.

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Project	Deployment	Actions	Updated (UTC)
flash-protocol	Ready	Preview, Comment	Apr 8, 2026 6:01am

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⚡ Flash Review

Metric	Value
Files Reviewed	2
Risk Level	🟢 Low
Issues Found	None

✅ This PR looks clean. No security issues, bugs, or significant improvements found.

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