Bugsink: SSRF bypass in `validate_webhook_url`
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Information disclosure
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- Low · None · None
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA and GitHub. Impact type from CWE-918 and the CVSS impact.
Summary
Bugsink is a self-hosted error tracking tool. Prior to 2.1.3, Bugsink’s webhook URL validation could be (partially) bypassed because of a mismatch in URL parsing. The original validation logic parsed webhook URLs with Python’s urllib.parse.urlparse, then sent the request with requests.post. For malformed inputs involving backslashes and @, those components can disagree about where the authority ends and which hostname is the real target. A URL may therefore appear to target an allowlisted public hostname during validation, while the HTTP client actually connects to a different host. This vulnerability is fixed in 2.1.3.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| bugsink | bugsink | before 2.1.3 | 2.1.3 | Patch available | CNA |
| — | bugsink (PyPI) | before 2.1.3 | 2.1.3 | Patch available | GHSA-fp53-qcf8-2xx2 |
- bugsink Vendorbugsink Affected before 2.1.3 Fixed in 2.1.3 Patch available CNA
- bugsink (PyPI) Vendor— Affected before 2.1.3 Fixed in 2.1.3 Patch available GHSA-fp53-qcf8-2xx2
Remediation
- Fix · CNA bugsink (bugsink) Fixed in 2.1.3
- Fix · GHSA-fp53-qcf8-2xx2 bugsink (PyPI) Fixed in 2.1.3 Advisory →
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-44502
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-fp53-qcf8-2xx2
References
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Sources
- CVE-2026-44502 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-44502 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-fp53-qcf8-2xx2 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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