Internal-resource access via hostname validation bypass
Published Mar 23, 2025 · Updated Aug 3, 2026
SSRF in nossrf before 1.0.4 allows remote attackers to reach local or reserved addresses through applications that validate attacker-supplied URLs. The asyncValidateUrl API approves a test hostname as safe even though DNS resolves it to 127.0.0.1, so hostname validation does not enforce the resolved-address boundary. Exploitation requires a consuming application to pass attacker-controlled hostnames to this API and then act on the result, enabling unauthorized requests to internal services and limited data access or modification.
Summary
What happened
SSRF in nossrf before 1.0.4 allows remote attackers to reach local or reserved addresses through applications that validate attacker-supplied URLs. The asyncValidateUrl API approves a test hostname as safe even though DNS resolves it to 127.0.0.1, so hostname validation does not enforce the resolved-address boundary. Exploitation requires a consuming application to pass attacker-controlled hostnames to this API and then act on the result, enabling unauthorized requests to internal services and limited data access or modification.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2025-2691
- Published
- Mar 23, 2025
- Updated
- Aug 3, 2026
- Vendor
- Nossrf Project
- Product
- nossrf
- Classifications
- CWE-918, T1190
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Mar 23, 2025CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Aug 3, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
Exploitability
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- Affected versionversion=0 <1.0.4
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Public exploit references
- Snyk asyncValidateUrl loopback-hostname proof of conceptproof of concept · demonstrated
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