VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE
CVE-2026-71246
CVSS score4.3 MEDIUM
EPSS probability0.27%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2026-08-05
Last modified2026-08-26
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
Description
Pixelfed's SearchController (behind the auth middleware) accepts a URL via its remote-search parameters and fetches it server-side through ActivityPubFetchService, whose validateUrl only blocks the literal hosts 127.0.0.1, localhost, and ::1 and requires https, without checking the resolved IP against private, internal, or link-local ranges (e.g. 169.254.169.254).
Weakness classification
- CWE-918: Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF)