Server-side request forgery in Posta webhook URLs
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Attack requirements
- None
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · None · None
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA.
Summary
Posta before v0.18.0 contains a server-side request forgery flaw (CWE-918) in webhook creation. An authenticated user with edit rights can create webhooks with arbitrary URLs, which makes the backend send POST requests to loopback, private-network or cloud metadata addresses. The user can read delivery status codes and error strings to probe internal hosts and ports.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-11-06
Description from the CNA
Posta before v0.18.0 contains a server-side request forgery vulnerability that allows authenticated users with edit rights to make the backend send POST requests to internal destinations by creating webhooks with arbitrary URLs. Attackers can target loopback, private-network or cloud metadata addresses and read delivery status codes and error strings to probe internal hosts and ports.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
Remediation
Upgrade goposta Posta to v0.18.0, the fixed version.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-11-06
- Fix · CNA posta (goposta) Fixed in v0.18.0
Vendor assessments
Timeline
- 2026-11-05 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-123204
- 2026-11-05 Alias added: GHSA-4ghw-3mh4-pmh7
- 2026-11-06 Affected versions changed · Red Hat
- 2026-11-06 CVSS score added · Red Hat
References
Patch 2
Sources
- CVE-2026-123204 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-123204 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-4ghw-3mh4-pmh7 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2026-123204 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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