CVE-2026-42181CWE-918

Lemmy: SSRF and internal image disclosure in post link metadata via unvalidated og:image

Medium · published May 8, 2026

CVSS v3.1
6.5
EPSS
0%
Percentile
27.8
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

Lemmy is a link aggregator and forum for the fediverse. Prior to version 0.19.18, Lemmy fetches metadata for user-supplied post URLs and, under the default StoreLinkPreviews image mode, downloads the preview image through local pict-rs. While the top-level page URL is checked against internal IP ranges, the extracted og:image URL is not subject to the same restriction. As a result, an authenticated low-privileged user can submit an attacker-controlled public page whose Open Graph image points to an internal image endpoint. Lemmy will fetch that internal image server-side and store a local thumbnail that can then be served back to users. This issue has been patched in version 0.19.18.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
6.5 · MEDIUM
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00354 · 27.8th percentile
Weakness
CWE-918 · Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF)
Published
2026-05-08T19:26Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 08 MAY 19:26Z
    Lemmy: SSRF and internal image disclosure in post link metadata via unvalidated og:image
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