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High · 7.7 CVE-2026-71303 EUVD-2026-61154GHSA-v5rc-cpwc-cfprPYSEC-2026-3679

Lemur: Incomplete fix for CVE-2026-55166 -- ACME authority update endpoint allows non-admin to replace `acme_url` with internal IP, bypassing allowlist

Published Aug 18, 2026 · Updated Aug 18, 2026 · Assigned by GitHub_M

Description

Lemur manages TLS certificate creation. Prior to 1.9.3, _validate_acme_url enforced ACME_DIRECTORY_HOST_ALLOWLIST when an authority was created, but PUT /api/1/authorities/ passed options to lemur/authorities/service.py without applying the same check. A user holding an authority role could replace the stored acme_url with an internal service or instance-metadata URL such as 169.254.169.254. The next issuance operation loaded that value and passed it to ClientV2.get_directory, causing an outbound request from the Lemur backend. This bypassed the creation-time mitigation for CVE-2026-55166 and could expose internal services or cloud metadata. The fix revalidates acme_url whenever authority options are updated. This issue is fixed in version 1.9.3.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
Netflix lemur < 1.9.3 —

Affected packages

EcosystemPackageAffectedFixedRecord
PyPI lemur < 1.9.3 1.9.3 GHSA-v5rc-cpwc-cfpr

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