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Medium · 4.8 CVE-2026-8661 EUVD-2026-39616GHSA-6r62-qf74-xpgg

Server-Side Cross-Site Scripting and SSRF in Rapid7 InsightConnect Markdown to PDF Plugin

Published Jun 26, 2026 · Updated Jul 24, 2026 · Assigned by rapid7

Description

Server-Side Request Forgery in the markdown_to_pdf action of Rapid7 InsightConnect Markdown Plugin on Linux in versions prior to 4.0.2 allows remote attackers to make arbitrary outbound HTTP requests via unsanitized resource-loading HTML elements (img/src, CSS url(), @import) embedded in Markdown input. The initial fix in 4.0.0 disabled JavaScript but did not neutralize resource-loading vectors. Resolved in 4.0.2 by sanitizing HTML with an allowlist of tags, attributes, and URL schemes.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
Rapid7 InsightConnect Markdown Plugin < 4.0.2 4.0.2

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