Vulnerability details
CVE-2026-70666
Lemur: Server-Side Request Forgery via the ACME client following server-controlled URLs
Official description
Lemur manages TLS certificate creation. Prior to 1.9.3, an authority-role member could update acme_url through PUT /api/1/authorities/ without revalidation and direct setup_acme_client_no_retry to an attacker-controlled ACME server. ACME directory and order responses contain newNonce, newOrder, authorizations, and finalize URLs chosen by that server. The Lemur ClientV2 followed those URLs without requiring their host to match the configured directory host, allowing JWS-signed requests to internal services or cloud metadata endpoints. The issue required an ACME authority and a user authorized for that authority, but did not require global administrator privileges. The fix revalidates updates and introduces _PinnedClientNetwork to enforce a single allowed host for the complete ACME flow. This issue is fixed in version 1.9.3.
CVSS scores
| Score | Version | Source | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7.4High | 3.1 | CVEProject cvelistV5 (CNA) (GitHub_M) | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L |
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Netflix | lemur | < 1.9.3 | CVEProject cvelistV5 (CNA) |
References and advisories
3- https://github.com/Netflix/lemur/security/advisories/GHSA-xpmj-wjcp-6pww x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://github.com/Netflix/lemur/commit/6dcb19b6d6004e97796d6a0344b130b2ba57f050 x_refsource_MISC
- https://github.com/Netflix/lemur/releases/tag/v1.9.3 x_refsource_MISC
Details
- Published
- 2026-08-18
- Last updated
- 2026-08-19
- State
- Published
- Assigner (CNA)
- GitHub_M
Exploit prediction (EPSS)
SSVC assessment (CISA)
- Automatable
- No
- Exploitation
- None
- Technical impact
- Partial
Weaknesses (CWE)
- CWE-918Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF)