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GHSA-87fv-vqqr-m4jr

CriticalCVSS 9.3 / 10
Published Aug 11, 2026·Last modified Aug 11, 2026
Affected Components(1)
Go logogithub.com/seaweedfs/seaweedfs
< 0.0.0-20260512171120-69da20bdaec9
Description

Impact

VolumeServer.FetchAndWriteNeedle fetches a caller-supplied remote endpoint and writes the response into a needle. Before 4.24 this RPC performed no authentication and no validation of the target, so anyone able to reach a volume server's gRPC port could coerce the server into issuing requests to arbitrary hosts — including loopback, link-local, RFC 1918, and cloud metadata endpoints such as 169.254.169.254 — and read the response back. On cloud deployments this discloses instance metadata and IAM credentials, and can be used to reach otherwise-unexposed internal services (SSRF with response read-back).

The volume server gRPC plane is unauthenticated on a default deployment, so no credentials are required. Configuring the documented JWT signing keys does not close it, because that hardening does not apply to this RPC.

Affected component

  • weed/server/volume_grpc_remote.go (FetchAndWriteNeedle)
  • weed/remote_storage/s3/s3_storage_client.go

Patches

Fixed in 4.24. FetchAndWriteNeedle now requires admin authorization and refuses loopback / link-local / RFC 1918 / IMDS destinations through a guarded dialer that resolves the host itself and pins the resolved address for the duration of the request, defeating DNS-rebinding. The Rust volume server carries the equivalent endpoint validation.

Workarounds

Restrict volume server gRPC ports to trusted hosts via firewall / network policy, and enable mTLS via security.toml.

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Risk Scores
Base Score
9.3

The vulnerability can be exploited over the network without needing physical access. It is easy for an attacker to exploit this vulnerability. An attacker does not need any special privileges or access rights. No user interaction is needed for the attacker to exploit this vulnerability. The vulnerability can affect other systems as well, not just the initial system. There is a high impact on the confidentiality of the information. There is a low impact on the integrity of the data.

Threat Intelligence
8.5

Exploitation activity has been observed. Apply available patches or mitigations urgently.

EPSS
0.53%

The exploit probability is very low. The vulnerability is unlikely to be exploited in the next 30 days.

Exploit
Not available

We did not find any exploit available. Neither in GitHub repositories nor in the Exploit-Database.

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