MindsDB through 26.1.0 Unauthenticated SSRF via Web Crawler
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Attack requirements
- None
- Impact type
- Information disclosure
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · None · None
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-918 and the CVSS impact.
Summary
MindsDB through 26.1.0 contains a server-side request forgery vulnerability in the web crawler handler that allows unauthenticated attackers to fetch arbitrary URLs by supplying caller-controlled URLs to CrawlerTable.list. Attackers can bypass the allowlist control by exploiting the default empty configuration and access internal services and cloud metadata endpoints without authentication.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- Poc
- 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
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-86173
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-w6m8-h8j4-89w4
- 2026-10-19 EPSS moved to the 50th–90th percentile
References
More mindsdb vulnerabilities
- TI-2026-51757 MindsDB Minds Platform v26.1.0 Unauthenticated RCE via scratchpad exec() CVSS 4.0CRITICAL 10.0
- TI-2024-16276 MindsDB Vulnerable to Bypass of SSRF Protection with DNS Rebinding CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.3
- TI-2026-21890 MindsDB has Path Traversal in /api/files Leading to Remote Code Execution CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
- TI-2024-30805 Code injection in mindsdb CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
- TI-2024-30804 Code injection in mindsdb CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
- TI-2024-30803 Code injection in mindsdb CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
Sources
- CVE-2026-86173 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-86173 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-w6m8-h8j4-89w4 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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