GHSA-86m8-88fq-xfxp CVE-2026-45741 GO-2026-5244
Gotenberg has an SSRF deny-list bypass in IsPublicIP via IPv6 6to4 / NAT64 / site-local prefixes
- Severity
- 7.5 / 10
- High · CVSS 3.1
- Exploit chance (EPSS)
- 0.37%
- Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days. Higher than 31.19% of scored vulnerabilities.
- Known exploited
- No
- Not in CISA's catalog
- Fix
- None yet
- No fixed version published
Description
Summary
IsPublicIP in pkg/gotenberg/outbound.go incorrectly classifies IPv6 6to4 / NAT64 / deprecated site-local addresses as public IPs, allowing an unauthenticated attacker to reach internal destinations (e.g., cloud metadata services at 169.254.169.254) via a single crafted DNS AAAA record. This is a variant of CVE-2026-44430 (modelcontextprotocol/registry).
Details
IsPublicIP uses Go stdlib helpers (IsLoopback, IsPrivate, IsLinkLocalUnicast, etc.) to block internal IPs. However, these helpers do not recognize IPv6 prefixes that embed IPv4 addresses:
| Prefix | RFC | Tunnels to |
|---|---|---|
2002::/16 |
RFC 3056 (6to4) | IPv4 in bits 16-47 |
64:ff9b::/96 |
RFC 6052 (NAT64 well-known) | IPv4 in low 32 bits |
64:ff9b:1::/48 |
RFC 8215 (NAT64 local-use) | IPv4 in low 32 bits |
fec0::/10 |
RFC 3879 (deprecated site-local) | internal routing |
addr.Unmap() only handles ::ffff:0:0/96 (IPv4-mapped) and has no effect on these prefixes. On dual-stack or NAT64-enabled cloud hosts, the OS kernel transparently routes these addresses to their embedded internal IPv4 destinations.
Vulnerable code (pkg/gotenberg/outbound.go L53-69, commit 93d0103):
func IsPublicIP(addr netip.Addr) bool {
addr = addr.Unmap() // only handles ::ffff:x.x.x.x
switch {
case addr.IsLoopback(), addr.IsPrivate(),
addr.IsLinkLocalUnicast(), ...:
return false
}
return true // 6to4/NAT64/site-local incorrectly reaches here
}
PoC
cd poc/
./build.sh # docker build (~30s)
./run.sh # docker run — exits with code 1 (bug detected)
Expected output: IsPublicIP(2002:a9fe:a9fe::) = true — the function returns true for 3 addresses that wrap 169.254.169.254 (AWS IMDS). Full test file available via GHSA private comment on request.
Impact
An unauthenticated attacker controlling a DNS AAAA record can tunnel gotenberg's outbound HTTP client to AWS/GCP/Azure IMDS (169.254.169.254), leaking IAM credentials. The Chromium URL convert route returns the full response as a PDF (full-read SSRF). Affects all deployments with WithDenyPrivateIPs(true) on dual-stack or NAT64-enabled hosts.
Suggested Fix
Add explicit prefix checks after addr.Unmap():
var blockedIPv6Prefixes = []netip.Prefix{
netip.MustParsePrefix("2002::/16"),
netip.MustParsePrefix("64:ff9b::/96"),
netip.MustParsePrefix("64:ff9b:1::/48"),
netip.MustParsePrefix("fec0::/10"),
}
for _, p := range blockedIPv6Prefixes {
if p.Contains(addr) { return false }
}
Affected versions
Go
| Package | Vulnerable | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| github.com/gotenberg/gotenberg/v7 | all versions |
No fix yet |
| github.com/gotenberg/gotenberg/v8 | <= 8.32.0 |
No fix yet |
| github.com/gotenberg/gotenberg/v8 | all versions |
No fix yet |
How to fix
No fixed version has been published yet. Until one is, remove or replace the package, or turn off or isolate the affected feature. This page updates when a fix ships.
Severity breakdown
CVSS 3.1 7.5
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:N
- Attack vector
- Network
- Attack complexity
- High
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Changed
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- None
Weakness
CWE-184: Incomplete List of Disallowed Inputs
The product implements a protection mechanism that relies on a list of inputs (or properties of inputs) that are not allowed by policy or otherwise require other action to neutralize before additional processing takes place, but the list is incomplete.
How to prevent it
- Implementation: Do not rely exclusively on detecting disallowed inputs. There are too many variants to encode a character, especially when different environments are used, so there is a high likelihood of missing some variants. Only use detection of disallowed inputs as a mechanism for detecting suspicious activity. Ensure that you are using other protection mechanisms that only identify "good" input - such as lists of allowed inputs - and ensure that you are properly encoding your outputs.
CWE-918: Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF)
The web server receives a URL or similar request from an upstream component and retrieves the contents of this URL, but it does not sufficiently ensure that the request is being sent to the expected destination.
References
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Timeline
- Published
- Last updated by the source
- Latest EPSS score
Related advisories
| Advisory | Severity | Why it's related |
|---|---|---|
| GHSA-2mrg-35hw-x3x9 Gotenberg: SSRF via LibreOffice document processing | High | Also affects github.com/gotenberg/gotenberg/v7 |
| GHSA-vp73-vjw8-8f32 Gotenberg has a Race Condition via Multipart `downloadFrom` Handling | High | Also affects github.com/gotenberg/gotenberg/v7 |
| GHSA-hwc4-gmrw-5222 Gotenberg has path traversal in zip entry name via Windows-style separators in upload filename | High | Also affects github.com/gotenberg/gotenberg/v7 |
| GHSA-chwh-f6gm-r836 Gotenberg: Server-Side Request Forgery via Chromium URL Endpoint with Redirect-Based Deny-List Bypass | High | Also affects github.com/gotenberg/gotenberg/v7 |
| GHSA-g924-cjx7-2rjw Gotenberg allows Chromium URL conversion routes to read arbitrary files under /tmp via file:// scheme | Medium | Also affects github.com/gotenberg/gotenberg/v7 |
| GHSA-4vmc-gm8v-m35h Gotenberg vulnerable to unauthenticated SSRF via default deny-list bypass in downloadFrom and webhook | Critical | Also affects github.com/gotenberg/gotenberg/v7 |
| GHSA-r33j-c622-r6qp Gotenberg has an unauthenticated denial of service via echo.Context pool reuse in webhook async goroutine | High | Also affects github.com/gotenberg/gotenberg/v7 |
| GHSA-3cv5-q585-h563 Gotenberg has arbitrary PDF read via stampExpression and watermarkExpression in merge, split, and convert routes | Medium | Also affects github.com/gotenberg/gotenberg/v7 |
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