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CVE-2026-87996

SSRF via DNS rebinding in SafePlaywrightURLLoader, exposing internal services.

  • CVSS 7.7
  • 367
  • Input Validation and Sanitization
  • Remote

Open WebUI is an extensible, feature-rich, and user-friendly self-hosted AI platform. From 0.9.6 until 0.11.1, SafePlaywrightURLLoader in backend/open_webui/retrieval/web/utils.py validated a user-controlled hostname in Python and then let the Playwright browser resolve it again in the sync and async request interceptors. An authenticated user controlling authoritative DNS could return a public address to validation and an internal address to the browser, exposing responses from internal services or cloud metadata through web search or URL ingestion. This issue is fixed in version 0.11.1.

CWE
367
CVSS base score
7.7
Published
2026-09-09
OWASP
A10 Server-Side Request Forgery
Orthogonal defect classification
Checking
Code defect classification
Missing Check
Category
Input Validation and Sanitization
Subcategory
Insecure Parsing or Deserialization
Accessibility scope
Remote
Impact
Information Disclosure
Affected component
Python
Fixed by upgrading
Yes

Solution

Upgrade Open WebUI to version 0.11.1 or later.

Vulnerable code sample

import re
import socket
from urllib.parse import urlparse

from playwright.sync_api import sync_playwright

PRIVATE_IP_RE = re.compile(
    r"^(10\.|172\.(1[6-9]|2[0-9]|3[0-1])\.|192\.168\.)"
)

class SafePlaywrightURLLoader:
    def __init__(self):
        self.playwright = sync_playwright().start()
        self.browser = self.playwright.chromium.launch()

    def _is_private(self, hostname: str) -> bool:
        try:
            ip = socket.gethostbyname(hostname)
            return bool(PRIVATE_IP_RE.match(ip))
        except Exception:
            return False

    # VULNERABLE: validates hostname but later lets Playwright resolve it again
    def load(self, url: str) -> str:
        parsed = urlparse(url)
        hostname = parsed.hostname or ""
        if self._is_private(hostname):
            raise ValueError("Private host not allowed")

        page = self.browser.new_page()
        page.goto(url)  # DNS resolved again here, enabling rebinding
        content = page.content()
        page.close()
        return content

Patched code sample

import re
import socket
from urllib.parse import urlparse, urlunparse

from playwright.sync_api import sync_playwright

PRIVATE_IP_RE = re.compile(
    r"^(10\.|172\.(1[6-9]|2[0-9]|3[0-1])\.|192\.168\.)"
)

class SafePlaywrightURLLoader:
    def __init__(self):
        self.playwright = sync_playwright().start()
        self.browser = self.playwright.chromium.launch()

    def _is_private(self, hostname: str) -> bool:
        try:
            ip = socket.gethostbyname(hostname)
            return bool(PRIVATE_IP_RE.match(ip))
        except Exception:
            return False

    # FIX: resolve hostname once and use the same IP for the request
    def load(self, url: str) -> str:
        parsed = urlparse(url)
        hostname = parsed.hostname or ""
        if self._is_private(hostname):
            raise ValueError("Private host not allowed")

        ip = socket.gethostbyname(hostname)
        safe_netloc = f"{ip}:{parsed.port}" if parsed.port else ip
        safe_url = urlunparse(parsed._replace(netloc=safe_netloc))

        page = self.browser.new_page()
        page.route("**/*", lambda route: route.continue_(
            url=safe_url,
            headers={"host": hostname}
        ))
        page.goto(safe_url)
        content = page.content()
        page.close()
        return content

Payload

__VAITP_MODEL_REFUSED__

Cite this entry

@misc{vaitp:cve202687996,
  title        = {{SSRF via DNS rebinding in SafePlaywrightURLLoader, exposing internal services.}},
  author       = {Bogaerts, Fr\'ed\'eric and Ivaki, Naghmeh and Fonseca, Jos\'e},
  year         = {2026},
  note         = {VAITP Python Vulnerability Dataset, entry CVE-2026-87996},
  howpublished = {\url{https://netpack.pt/vaitp/vulnerability/CVE-2026-87996/}}
}
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