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Medium · 6.3 CVE-2026-42180 EUVD-2026-28819GHSA-3jvj-v6w2-h948

Lemmy: SSRF in /api/v3/post via Webmention dispatch

Published May 8, 2026 · Updated May 13, 2026 · Assigned by GitHub_M

Description

Lemmy is a link aggregator and forum for the fediverse. Prior to version 0.19.18, Lemmy allows an authenticated low-privileged user to create a link post through POST /api/v3/post. When a post is created in a public community, the backend asynchronously sends a Webmention to the attacker-controlled link target. The submitted URL is checked for syntax and scheme, but the audited code path does not reject loopback, private, or link-local destinations before the Webmention request is issued. This lets a normal user trigger server-side HTTP requests toward internal services. This issue has been patched in version 0.19.18.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
LemmyNet lemmy < 0.19.18 —

Affected packages

EcosystemPackageAffectedFixedRecord
crates.io lemmy_api_common < 0.19.18 0.19.18 GHSA-3jvj-v6w2-h948

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