CVE-2026-50131
HIGHFedify validatePublicUrl - Special-Use IPv4 Server-Side Request Forgery Bypass
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EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2026-50131. PoCs published by chaitanyagarware.
AI-analyzed exploit summary This repository provides a detailed technical writeup of CVE-2026-50131, an SSRF vulnerability in Fedify's `validatePublicUrl()` function due to incomplete mitigation of special-use IPv4 ranges. The analysis includes affected versions, CVSS scoring, and links to authoritative advisories but does not contain exploit code.
Description
Fedify is a TypeScript library for building federated server apps powered by ActivityPub. Fedify previously addressed SSRF/internal network access in GHSA-p9cg-vqcc-grcx by adding public URL validation before runtime document and media fetching. However, the IPv4 validation logic present starting in version 0.11.2 and prior to versions 1.9.12, 1.10.11, 2.0.19, 2.1.15, and 2.2.4 appears incomplete. The `validatePublicUrl()` protection relies on `isValidPublicIPv4Address()` to reject non-public IPv4 destinations. The function blocks common private and local ranges such as `10.0.0.0/8`, `127.0.0.0/8`, `169.254.0.0/16`, `172.16.0.0/12`, and `192.168.0.0/16`, but it still treats several special-use, reserved, multicast, benchmarking, and carrier-grade NAT IPv4 ranges as valid public destinations. Because this validation is used as an SSRF defense before outbound fetches, this appears to be an incomplete mitigation or bypass class for the previous SSRF issue. Versions 1.9.12, 1.10.11, 2.0.19, 2.1.15, and 2.2.4 contain an updated patch.
Exploits (1)
This repository provides a detailed technical writeup of CVE-2026-50131, an SSRF vulnerability in Fedify's `validatePublicUrl()` function due to incomplete mitigation of special-use IPv4 ranges. The analysis includes affected versions, CVSS scoring, and links to authoritative advisories but does not contain exploit code.
References (1)
Scores
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:L