The vulnerability lies in the isIpWhitelisted function within packages/nodes-base/nodes/Webhook/utils.ts. The function was responsible for checking if an incoming request's IP address was on the configured whitelist for the Webhook node. The core of the vulnerability was the use of String.prototype.includes() to perform this check. This method of comparison is flawed for IP validation as it allows for partial matches. For instance, if a user whitelisted the IP 10.0.0.1, an attacker with the IP 10.0.0.19 would be granted access because the string '10.0.0.1' is included in '10.0.0.19'. The patch rectifies this by replacing the string comparison with the BlockList class from Node.js's net module. This class is designed to handle IP addresses and CIDR blocks correctly, ensuring a strict and accurate comparison, thus preventing the bypass.