Forgejo server-side request forgery via OpenID Discovery
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Attack requirements
- None
- Impact type
- Information disclosure
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- Low · 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
Forgejo through 15.0.11, 16.0.0 through 16.0.7, and 17.0.0 through 17.0.1 contains a server-side request forgery vulnerability (CWE-918) in OpenID Discovery. An unauthenticated attacker can POST crafted OpenID identifier URLs to /user/login/openid, which makes the server send blind GET requests to loopback, cloud metadata and internal addresses. The attacker can use these requests for port scanning and probing. The CVSS 4.0 base score is 6.9 (MEDIUM).
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-10-30
Description from the CNA
Forgejo through 15.0.11, 16.0.0 through 16.0.7, and 17.0.0 through 17.0.1 contains a server-side request forgery vulnerability that allows unauthenticated attackers to make the server issue requests by submitting arbitrary OpenID identifier URLs. Attackers can POST crafted identifiers to /user/login/openid to trigger blind discovery GET requests to loopback, cloud metadata, and internal addresses for port scanning and probing.
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 is listed for the affected Forgejo releases. Until a fix is available, restrict the Forgejo server's outbound requests to loopback, cloud metadata and internal addresses at the network level, and limit who can reach /user/login/openid.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-10-30
Vendor assessments
Timeline
- 2026-10-30 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-119545
- 2026-10-30 Alias added: GHSA-877c-6q9f-v4cw
- 2026-10-30 CISA SSVC decision points changed
- 2026-10-30 Priority changed: MEDIUM → HIGH
- 2026-10-30 Affected versions changed · Red Hat
- 2026-10-30 CVSS score added · Red Hat
References
More Forgejo vulnerabilities
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- TI-2026-42282 Forgejo < 15.0.3 - Stored XSS via Actions Run Full Name Rendering CVSS 4.0LOW 2.1
- TI-2025-42393 Forgejo before 13.0.2 allows attackers to write to unintended files, and possibly obtain… CVSS 4.0CRITICAL 9.5
- TI-2023-27308 In Forgejo before 1.20.5-1, certain endpoints do not check whether an object belongs to a… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.1
Sources
- CVE-2026-119545 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-119545 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-877c-6q9f-v4cw · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2026-119545 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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