Authenticated blind SSRF via unchecked feed URL
Published Aug 19, 2026 · Updated Aug 20, 2026
Server-side request forgery in Koel before 9.7.0 allows remote authenticated users to reach internal HTTP services via podcast feed URLs. The Subsonic createPodcastChannel.view path accepts a user-supplied URL in CreatePodcastChannelRequest.php without the SafeUrl check used by the regular podcast API, and CreatePodcastChannelController then passes it through PodcastService::createParser to Poddle::fromUrl() for an immediate fetch. Subsonic API credentials are required, and the confirmed impact is blind internal request execution against loopback, Docker bridge, and RFC1918 destinations rather than generic response-body disclosure.
Summary
What happened
Server-side request forgery in Koel before 9.7.0 allows remote authenticated users to reach internal HTTP services via podcast feed URLs. The Subsonic createPodcastChannel.view path accepts a user-supplied URL in CreatePodcastChannelRequest.php without the SafeUrl check used by the regular podcast API, and CreatePodcastChannelController then passes it through PodcastService::createParser to Poddle::fromUrl() for an immediate fetch. Subsonic API credentials are required, and the confirmed impact is blind internal request execution against loopback, Docker bridge, and RFC1918 destinations rather than generic response-body disclosure.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2026-54492
- Published
- Aug 19, 2026
- Updated
- Aug 20, 2026
- Vendor
- Koel
- Product
- Koel
- Classifications
- CWE-918, T1190
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
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- Aug 19, 2026CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Aug 20, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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