Budibase: SSRF via trivial `.tar.gz` substring bypass in Plugin URL upload (`/api/plugin`)
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Information disclosure
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · 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
Budibase is an open-source low-code platform. Prior to 3.35.10, the Plugin URL upload endpoint (POST /api/plugin) validates the submitted URL with a single substring check: url.includes(".tar.gz"). Any URL containing .tar.gz anywhere in the string — in the path, query string, or fragment — passes this check. The URL then proceeds directly to fetchWithBlacklist() with no further validation of host, scheme, or path. Standalone, this vulnerability is blocked by Budibase's default SSRF blacklist, which covers private IP ranges. But the URL validation layer itself is broken regardless, and it directly enables SSRF in two realistic situations: (1) when chained with the BLACKLIST_IPS bypass ([001]), where the blacklist is empty; and (2) when the plugin server follows HTTP redirects from an external URL to an internal target (the default node-fetch behavior with redirect: 'follow'). This vulnerability is fixed in 3.35.10.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- Poc
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Budibase | budibase | before 3.35.10 | 3.35.10 | Patch available | CNA |
| — | budibase (npm) | before 3.35.10 | 3.35.10 | Patch available | GHSA-xh5j-727m-w6gg |
- budibase VendorBudibase Affected before 3.35.10 Fixed in 3.35.10 Patch available CNA
- budibase (npm) Vendor— Affected before 3.35.10 Fixed in 3.35.10 Patch available GHSA-xh5j-727m-w6gg
Remediation
- Fix · CNA budibase (Budibase) Fixed in 3.35.10
- Fix · GHSA-xh5j-727m-w6gg budibase (npm) Fixed in 3.35.10 Advisory →
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-45061
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-xh5j-727m-w6gg
- 2026-11-05 1 new reference · GHSA-xh5j-727m-w6gg
References
More Budibase vulnerabilities
- TI-2026-39242 Budibase: Anonymous NoSQL operator injection via published-app query templates CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 10.0
- TI-2026-51076 Budibase before 3.40.0 SQL Injection via Unauthenticated Webhook CVSS 4.0CRITICAL 9.0
- TI-2026-24369 Budibase Universal Auth Bypass via Webhook Query Param Injection CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.1
- TI-2026-56709 Budibase before 3.41.3 Remote Code Execution via Plugin eval() CVSS 4.0CRITICAL 9.4
- TI-2026-51425 Budibase: SQL Injection via `multipleStatements: true` CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.6
- TI-2026-51075 Budibase before 3.40.0 Arbitrary File Write via Path Traversal CVSS 4.0CRITICAL 9.4
Sources
- CVE-2026-45061 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-45061 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-xh5j-727m-w6gg · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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