Server-side request forgery in Buku bukuserver reaches internal hosts
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Attack requirements
- Present
- 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
Buku (bukuserver) through 5.1.1 contains a server-side request forgery flaw (CWE-918) in its /api/fetch_data and /api/network_handle endpoints. The URL check, is_bad_url(), is weak: it fails to block requests to loopback, private, or cloud metadata addresses, and redirects are followed. An unauthenticated remote attacker can supply a url parameter to make the server reach internal services and read their page titles, descriptions, and keywords.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-11-06
Description from the CNA
Buku (bukuserver) through 5.1.1 contains an unauthenticated server-side request forgery vulnerability that allows remote attackers to make the server request internal hosts by supplying a url parameter to /api/fetch_data or /api/network_handle. Attackers can target loopback, private, or cloud metadata IP addresses, which pass the weak is_bad_url() check and follow redirects, to discover internal services and read their page titles, descriptions, and keywords.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
Remediation
The sources list no fixed version for buku.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-11-06
Vendor assessments
Timeline
- 2026-11-05 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-123201
- 2026-11-05 Alias added: GHSA-jrwq-3w4r-c27c
- 2026-11-06 Affected versions changed · Red Hat
- 2026-11-06 CVSS score added · Red Hat
- 2026-11-07 Priority changed: MEDIUM → LOW
References
Patch 2
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Sources
- CVE-2026-123201 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-123201 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-jrwq-3w4r-c27c · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2026-123201 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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