Local Deep Research: SSRF bypass in `safe_get`
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
Local Deep Research is an AI-powered research assistant for deep, iterative research. Prior to 1.6.10, the URL checking logic in local-deep-research has a logical flaw that could be bypassed by attackers, leading to SSRF attacks. The current project uses validate_url to validate the input URL. The main logic is to perform security checks on the host portion of the URL extracted by urlparse to prevent SSRF attacks. However, there are indeed differences in parsing between urlparse and the library that actually sends the request. For example, in safe_get, validate_url is first used to perform an SSRF check, and then requests.get is used to send the actual request. This vulnerability is fixed in 1.6.10.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LearningCircuit | local-deep-research | before 1.6.10 | 1.6.10 | Patch available | CNA |
| — | local-deep-research (PyPI) | before 1.6.10 | 1.6.10 | Patch available | GHSA-g23j-2vwm-5c25 |
- local-deep-research VendorLearningCircuit Affected before 1.6.10 Fixed in 1.6.10 Patch available CNA
- local-deep-research (PyPI) Vendor— Affected before 1.6.10 Fixed in 1.6.10 Patch available GHSA-g23j-2vwm-5c25
Remediation
- Fix · CNA local-deep-research (LearningCircuit) Fixed in 1.6.10
- Fix · GHSA-g23j-2vwm-5c25 local-deep-research (PyPI) Fixed in 1.6.10 Advisory →
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-46526
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-g23j-2vwm-5c25
References
Other 7
- https://github.com/LearningCircuit/local-deep-research/security/advisories/GHSA-g23j-2vwm-5c25
- https://github.com/LearningCircuit/local-deep-research/pull/3873
- https://github.com/LearningCircuit/local-deep-research/pull/3882
- https://github.com/LearningCircuit/local-deep-research/pull/3889
- https://github.com/LearningCircuit/local-deep-research/pull/3932
- https://github.com/LearningCircuit/local-deep-research/releases/tag/v1.6.10
- https://github.com/LearningCircuit/local-deep-research
More LearningCircuit vulnerabilities
- TI-2025-41439 Local Deep Research is Vulnerable to Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) in Download Service CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.5
- TI-2026-32023 Local Deep Research: HTML Injection via Unescaped User Input in PDF Export (`pdf_service.py:_markdown_to_html`) CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.0
- TI-2025-35689 Local Deep Research's API keys are stored in plain text CVSS 4.0MEDIUM 6.9
Sources
- CVE-2026-46526 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-46526 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-g23j-2vwm-5c25 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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