Vulnerability details

CVE-2026-55598

madeofpendletonwool PinePods

PinePods: Authenticated SSRF via podcast RSS enclosure URL (server-side fetch of attacker-controlled URL, no host validation)

CVSS 3.1
9.1Critical

Official description

PinePods is a complete, self-hosted podcast management system written in Rust. Prior to 0.9.0, an authenticated user can subscribe to an attacker-controlled RSS feed through `POST /api/data/add_podcast` in `rust-api/src/handlers/podcasts.rs`. `get_podcast_values` and `add_episodes` in `rust-api/src/database.rs` parse the feed with `feed-rs` and store the `<enclosure url>` verbatim in `Episodes.episodeurl` without destination host/IP validation. `POST /api/data/download_podcast` invokes `spawn_download_podcast_episode` and `download_episode_and_wait()` in `rust-api/src/services/tasks.rs`, which sends a `reqwest` GET to the stored URL and saves and records the response in `DownloadedEpisodes` for later retrieval. The `estimate_duration_from_audio_url_async()` path in `rust-api/src/database.rs` also sends an unvalidated HEAD during feed add/refresh. Default redirect following permits an initially external enclosure URL to redirect to an internal target. A low-privilege user can make server-side GET/HEAD requests to reachable loopback, private-network and cloud metadata services and read downloaded internal responses, enabling internal-service enumeration, confidential-data disclosure and possible metadata credential theft. Episode downloading requires server downloads to be enabled, which is the default; self-service signup is supported. This issue is fixed in version 0.9.0.

CVSS scores

ScoreVersionSourceVector
9.1Critical 3.1 CVEProject cvelistV5 (CNA) (GitHub_M) CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:L

Affected products

VendorProductVersionsSource
madeofpendletonwool PinePods < 0.9.0 CVEProject cvelistV5 (CNA)

References and advisories

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Details

Published
2026-10-30
Last updated
2026-10-30
State
Published
Assigner (CNA)
GitHub_M
Kolun priority
20 · Low

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

0.32%
Probability of exploitation in 30 days
25.8%
Percentile (among all CVEs)

SSVC assessment (CISA)

Automatable
No
Exploitation
Proof of concept
Technical impact
Partial

Weaknesses (CWE)

  • CWE-918
    Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF)