FKIE_CVE-2026-42181

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2026-05-08 20:16 - Updated: 2026-06-17 10:47
Severity
6.5 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Summary
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.
References
security-advisories@github.comhttps://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/releases/tag/0.19.18
security-advisories@github.comhttps://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/security/advisories/GHSA-h6hf-9846-xwrq
134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/security/advisories/GHSA-h6hf-9846-xwrq
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
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      "value": "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."
    }
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  "lastModified": "2026-06-17T10:47:28.533",
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          "vectorString": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N",
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