Gotenberg unauthenticated blind SSRF via unfiltered webhook URL
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Attack requirements
- None
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · None · None
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA and GitHub.
Summary
Gotenberg is an API-based document conversion tool. In version 8.29.1, an unauthenticated attacker with network access can force the server to make outbound HTTP POST requests to arbitrary internal or external destinations by supplying a crafted URL in the Gotenberg-Webhook-Url request header. The FilterDeadline function in filter.go is intended to gate outbound URLs, but when both the allow-list and deny-list are empty (the default configuration), it returns nil unconditionally and permits any URL. This is a blind SSRF: Gotenberg POSTs the converted document to the webhook URL and only checks whether the response status code is an error, but never returns the target's response body to the attacker. An attacker can use this to probe internal network infrastructure by observing whether the error callback is invoked, force POST requests against internal services that perform side effects, and confirm reachability of cloud metadata endpoints. The retryable HTTP client issues up to 4 automatic retries per request, amplifying each probe. This issue has been fixed in version 8.31.0. As a workaround, configure the GOTENBERG_API_WEBHOOK_ALLOW_LIST environment variable to restrict webhook URLs to known receivers, or set GOTENBERG_API_WEBHOOK_DENY_LIST to block RFC-1918 and link-local address ranges.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- Poc
- Automatable
- Yes
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| gotenberg | gotenberg | before 8.31.0 | 8.31.0 | Patch available | CNA |
| — | github.com/gotenberg/gotenberg/v8 (Go) | 8.29.1 to before 8.31.0 | 8.31.0 | Patch available | GHSA-5vh4-rgv7-p9g4 |
- gotenberg Vendorgotenberg Affected before 8.31.0 Fixed in 8.31.0 Patch available CNA
- github.com/gotenberg/gotenberg/v8 (Go) Vendor— Affected 8.29.1 to before 8.31.0 Fixed in 8.31.0 Patch available GHSA-5vh4-rgv7-p9g4
Remediation
- Fix · CNA gotenberg (gotenberg) Fixed in 8.31.0
- Fix · GHSA-5vh4-rgv7-p9g4 github.com/gotenberg/gotenberg/v8 (Go) Fixed in 8.31.0 Advisory →
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-39383
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-5vh4-rgv7-p9g4
References
More Gotenberg vulnerabilities
- TI-2026-30869 Gotenberg: Unauthenticated RCE via ExifTool Metadata Key Injection CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2026-29063 Gotenberg vulnerable to argument injection via newlines in ExifTool metadata values CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 10.0
- TI-2026-30876 Gotenberg: Unauthenticated SSRF via default deny-list bypass in downloadFrom and webhook CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.4
- TI-2026-27588 Gotenberg has a ReDoS via extraHttpHeaders scope feature CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.7
- TI-2026-30875 Gotenberg: Server-Side Request Forgery via Chromium URL Endpoint with Redirect-Based Deny-List Bypass CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.6
- TI-2026-30871 Gotenberg: Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) in github.com/gotenberg/gotenberg/v8 CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.2
Sources
- CVE-2026-39383 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-39383 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-5vh4-rgv7-p9g4 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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