CVE-2026-40280 json
Gotenberg SSRF via case-insensitive URL scheme bypass in webhook and downloadFrom deny-lists
published 2026-04-30 6 mo ago modified 2026-07-24 3 mo ago also GHSA-5q7p-7jgv-ww56 , GO-2026-5151 , EUVD-2026-27476
- cvss
- 7.5
- version 3.1, NVD
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- 1.9%
- EPSS 1.9% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 80%
- public exploits
- 0
- none known, plus a Nuclei check
Summary
Gotenberg is an API-based document conversion tool. In versions 8.30.1 and earlier, the default private-IP deny-lists for the --webhook-deny-list and --api-download-from-deny-list flags use a case-sensitive regular expression (^https?://) to match URL schemes. Because Go's net/url.Parse() normalizes the scheme to lowercase before establishing the outbound TCP connection, an attacker can bypass the deny-list by simply capitalizing part of the URL scheme (e.g., HTTP://, HTTPS://, or Http://). This allows unauthenticated requests to reach internal network services, including private IP ranges, loopback addresses, and cloud instance metadata endpoints such as HTTP://169.254.169.254/latest/meta-data/.
This bypasses the same security control that was patched in CVE-2026-27018.
This issue has been fixed in version 8.31.0.
Patch / fix
- go github.com/gotenberg/gotenberg/v8 8.31.0
- thecodingmachine gotenberg 8.31.0
- govulncheck-vulndb openSUSE Leap 16.0 0.0.20260723T184607-160000.1.1
opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2026:21483-1
CISA SSVC
- Exploitation
- Proof of concept is public
- Automatable
- yes
- Technical impact
- partial
- Assessed
- 6 mo ago
Exploit prediction
1.95% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 80% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).
Exploits and checks
- Nuclei template Gotenberg <= 8.30.1 - Server Side Request Forgery nuclei detection template
- github.com https://github.com/gotenberg/gotenberg/security/advisories/GHSA-5q7p-7jgv-ww56 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
CVSS scores
| assigned by | version | score | vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| CNA | 4.0 | 7.8 | CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:H/SI:L/SA:N |
| CNA | 4.0 | 7.8 | CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:H/SI:L/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X |
| NVD | 3.1 | 7.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N |
| GitHub | 3.1 | 9.3 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:N |
Affected packages
| ecosystem | package | affected | fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| go | github.com/gotenberg/gotenberg/v8 | <8.31.0 |
8.31.0 |
| go | github.com/gotenberg/gotenberg/v7 | all versions |
no fix listed |
Affected products
- gotenberg gotenberg
Classification
- Weakness
-
- CWE-918 Server-Side Request Forgery
References
-
github.com
/gotenberg/gotenberg/commit/3f01ca18d3cc21375a1e2da4b5a3f261c8548e47
web, patch
-
github.com
/gotenberg/gotenberg/security/advisories/GHSA-5q7p-7jgv-ww56
exploit, web, mitigation, vendor-advisory, advisory
-
github.com
/advisories/GHSA-jjwv-57xh-xr6r
advisory, not-applicable, web
-
nvd.nist.gov
/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-40280
advisory
-
github.com
/gotenberg/gotenberg
package
-
github.com
/gotenberg/gotenberg/releases/tag/v8.31.0
web
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2026-40280
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-5q7p-7jgv-ww56
- NVD CVE-2026-40280
- OSV GO-2026-5151
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