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TI-2026-33449 Aliases CVE-2026-45709GHSA-j3fj-qppj-fmmc

Server-side request forgery in axllent mailpit

Priority LOW 32CWE-918Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
—
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
None · Low · None
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA and GitHub.

Summary

Mailpit is an email testing tool and API for developers. The fix for GHSA-6jxm-fv7w-rw5j (CVE-2026-23845, "Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) via HTML Check API"), shipped in mailpit `v1.28.3`, hardened `internal/htmlcheck/css.go::downloadCSSToBytes` with a 5MB size cap, a `text/css` content-type check, login-info stripping in `isValidURL`, and an opt-in `--block-remote-css-and-fonts` config flag — but did not add the IP-filtering dialer that the same codebase already uses on the two sister SSRF endpoints (the proxy handler and link-check). Prior to version 1.30.0, `internal/htmlcheck/css.go::newSafeHTTPClient` is mis-named — it builds an `http.Client` whose `Transport.DialContext` calls `net.Dialer.DialContext` directly with no IP allowlisting. As a result, the SSRF originally reported by Bao Anh Phan still permits the server to dial loopback, private, link-local, and any other reserved/multicast range, provided the target replies with `HTTP/200` and a content-type beginning with `text/css`. With redirect-following (`CheckRedirect` allows redirects to any `isValidURL` URL with no IP filter), an attacker-controlled public site can redirect mailpit's request into the private network without ever appearing in the email's HTML. In the default mailpit deploy (no UI auth, no SMTP auth, port 1025/8025 exposed), this is an unauthenticated, network-reachable SSRF triggered by sending an HTML email and then issuing one HTTP `GET` to `/api/v1/message/{id}/html-check`. Version 1.30.0 contains an updated fix.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00316 24th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by NVD
Fix Fixed mailpit (axllent): 1.30.0github.com/axllent/mailpit (Go): 1.30.0

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
None
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

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
axllentmailpit1.28.3 to before 1.30.01.30.0Patch availableCNA
—github.com/axllent/mailpit (Go)1.28.3 to before 1.30.01.30.0Patch availableGHSA-j3fj-qppj-fmmc
  • mailpit Vendoraxllent Affected 1.28.3 to before 1.30.0 Fixed in 1.30.0 Patch available CNA
  • github.com/axllent/mailpit (Go) Vendor— Affected 1.28.3 to before 1.30.0 Fixed in 1.30.0 Patch available GHSA-j3fj-qppj-fmmc

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:axllent:mailpit:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.28.3 to before 1.30.0Vulnerableaxllent
  • cpe:2.3:a:axllent:mailpit:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.28.3 to before 1.30.0 Vulnerable ·axllent

Remediation

  • Fix · CNA mailpit (axllent) Fixed in 1.30.0
  • Fix · GHSA-j3fj-qppj-fmmc github.com/axllent/mailpit (Go) Fixed in 1.30.0 Advisory →

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-45709
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-j3fj-qppj-fmmc

References

  • TI-2026-22161 Mailpit is Vulnerable to Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) via Link Check API CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.6
  • TI-2026-33452 Mailpit: Unauthenticated remote memory-exhaustion DoS via unlimited SMTP DATA and /api/v1/send body sizes CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2026-33450 Mailpit: Path traversal & arbitrary file write in mailpit dump --http via attacker-controlled message IDs CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.2
  • TI-2026-17561 Mailpit Proxy Endpoint is Vulnerable to Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.8
  • TI-2026-19194 Mailpit has SMTP Header Injection via Regex Bypass CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.3
  • TI-2026-33451 Race condition in axllent mailpit CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.9
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