Tautulli: Open redirect via whitespace bypass in /auth/redirect
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- Required
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Spoofing
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- Low · Low · None
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-601.
Summary
Tautulli is a Python based monitoring and tracking tool for Plex Media Server. Prior to 2.17.2, the unauthenticated /auth/redirect endpoint in plexpy/webauth.py removes forward slashes from the user-controlled redirect_uri parameter but leaves tab, line-feed, and carriage-return characters intact. With the default root HTTP_ROOT configuration, CherryPy HTTPRedirect passes the resulting value to urllib.parse.urljoin, which can resolve the whitespace-bearing path to an attacker-controlled external origin. A user who follows a crafted link can therefore be redirected outside Tautulli for phishing or post-login redirect-flow abuse, while custom non-root HTTP_ROOT configurations are not affected by this bypass. This issue is fixed in version 2.17.2.
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
Remediation
- Fix · CNA Tautulli (Tautulli) Fixed in 2.17.2
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-54915
References
More Tautulli vulnerabilities
- TI-2026-29704 Tautulli Vulnerable to Unauthenticated/Authenticated Remote Code Execution via Newsletter Custom Template Directory CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.9
- TI-2026-24384 Tautulli: Unauthenticated Path Traversal in `/newsletter/image/images` endpoint CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.7
- TI-2026-32030 Tautulli vulnerable to unauthenticated SSRF in /image/<hash> via attacker-seeded image hash replay CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.9
- TI-2025-36419 Tautulli vulnerable to Unauthenticated Path Traversal in `real_pms_image_proxy` CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.6
- TI-2026-32028 Tautulli has stored XSS in logFile via guest-controlled log_js_errors input CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.9
- TI-2026-32029 Taultulli has CSRF in /configUpdate via missing anti-CSRF and method restriction that allows admin credential takeover CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
Sources
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