Firecrawl: Arbitrary file read via JSON Schema $ref expansion
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Attack requirements
- None
- Impact type
- Code execution
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-77.
Summary
Firecrawl turns entire websites into LLM-ready markdown or structured data. Prior to 2.11.32, a critical arbitrary file read vulnerability exists in Firecrawl's extraction functionality due to unsafe schema dereferencing of user-supplied JSON schemas in apps/api/src/lib/extract/helpers/dereference-schema.ts. The affected code invokes the json-schema-ref-parser dependency with default resolver settings, allowing external and local file references to be resolved during schema processing. An authenticated attacker can supply a malicious schema containing a $ref within default, const, or enum fields that are not traversed by AJV validation. By triggering a dereference error, file contents from the extract worker filesystem may be included in persisted error messages returned through the extraction API, enabling arbitrary file reads and SSRF against internal or external HTTP endpoints. This issue is fixed in version 2.11.32.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- Yes
- Technical impact
- Total
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
Remediation
- Fix · CNA firecrawl (firecrawl) Fixed in 2.11.32
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-72904
References
More firecrawl vulnerabilities
- TI-2026-80146 DNS rebinding bypasses SSRF checks in Firecrawl Playwright service CVSS 4.0HIGH 7.0
- TI-2026-58731 firecrawl-mcp-server 3.20.2 Arbitrary Local File Read via filePath CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.7
- TI-2026-25319 Firecrawl Playwright Service SSRF Protection Bypass via Missing Post-Redirect Validation CVSS 4.0HIGH 7.8
- TI-2025-35701 Firecrawl SSRF Vulnerability via malicious webhook CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.3
Sources
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