Description
A security vulnerability has been detected in AndyFactory newspaper4k up to 0.9.6. This affects the function Article.parse of the file newspaper/extractors/image_extractor.py of the component Image Extractor. Such manipulation leads to server-side request forgery. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. Upgrading to version 0.9.6.1 mitigates this issue. The name of the patch is eec5fab21897c14667c98f5ba1831ebd3a692dd4. Upgrading the affected component is advised. The vendor was contacted early, responded in a very professional manner and quickly released a fixed version of the affected product.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| AndyFactory | newspaper4k | 0.9.0, 0.9.1, 0.9.2, 0.9.3, 0.9.4, 0.9.5, 0.9.6 | 0.9.6.1 |
References
- VDB-429801 | AndyFactory newspaper4k Image Extractor image_extractor.py Article.parse server-side request forgery vdb-entry technical-description
- VDB-429801 | CTI Indicators (IOB, IOC, IOA) signature permissions-required
- CVE-2026-120416 | CVE Analysis and Report third-party-advisory
- Submit #1026136 | AndyTheFactory newspaper4k 0.9.6 Server-Side Request Forgery third-party-advisory
- https://github.com/AndyTheFactory/newspaper4k/issues/741 issue-tracking
- https://pypi.org/project/newspaper4k/0.9.6.1/ related
- https://github.com/AndyTheFactory/newspaper4k/commit/eec5fab21897c14667c98f5ba1831ebd3a692dd4 patch
- https://github.com/AndyTheFactory/newspaper4k/releases/tag/0.9.6.1 patch