Machine-written summary
Summary written by Claude Haiku from the source advisory. Not reviewed by a person.
Lemmy's lemmy_api_common crate, versions before 0.19.18, fails to apply its internal-address check to the og:image URL taken from a submitted post's linked page. An authenticated low-privileged user can submit a post linking to an attacker-controlled page whose og:image points to an internal image endpoint, causing the Lemmy server to fetch it and store a thumbnail that is served back to users. Upgrade to lemmy_api_common 0.19.18 or later.
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Severity and exploitation
| Score | Rating | CVSS | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6.5 | Medium | 3.1 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N | CNA (GitHub_M) |
- CISA KEV Not listed.
- EPSS 0.0026, the 18th percentile, on 14 Nov 2026: FIRST’s estimate of the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.
Timeline
- 31 Oct 2026, 15:18 UTC First seen by agentprime
- 31 Oct 2026, 15:18 UTC Confirmed by OSV
Sources
- GitHub Advisory Database: GHSA-h6hf-9846-xwrq
- OSV: GHSA-h6hf-9846-xwrq
- github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/security/advisories/GHSA-h6hf-9846-xwrq
- nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-42181
- github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/commit/9ffe586dafac1a46acf17edf90e0165e5503b2f1
- github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy
- github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/releases/tag/0.19.18
- join-lemmy.org/news/2026-04-20_-_Lemmy_Release_v0.19.18