Lemmy is a link aggregator and forum for the fediverse. Prior to version 0.19.18, Lemmy fetches metadata for user-supplied post URLs and, under the default StoreLinkPreviews image mode, downloads the preview image through local pict-rs. While the top-level page URL is checked against internal IP ranges, the extracted og:image URL is not subject to the same restriction. As a result, an authenticated low-privileged user can submit an attacker-controlled public page whose Open Graph image points to an internal image endpoint. Lemmy will fetch that internal image server-side and store a local thumbnail that can then be served back to users. This issue has been patched in version 0.19.18.

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Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-h6hf-9846-xwrq Lemmy has SSRF and internal image disclosure in post link metadata via unvalidated og:image
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Fri, 08 May 2026 22:45:00 +0000

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First Time appeared Lemmynet
Lemmynet lemmy
Vendors & Products Lemmynet
Lemmynet lemmy

Fri, 08 May 2026 20:00:00 +0000

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Description Lemmy is a link aggregator and forum for the fediverse. Prior to version 0.19.18, Lemmy fetches metadata for user-supplied post URLs and, under the default StoreLinkPreviews image mode, downloads the preview image through local pict-rs. While the top-level page URL is checked against internal IP ranges, the extracted og:image URL is not subject to the same restriction. As a result, an authenticated low-privileged user can submit an attacker-controlled public page whose Open Graph image points to an internal image endpoint. Lemmy will fetch that internal image server-side and store a local thumbnail that can then be served back to users. This issue has been patched in version 0.19.18.
Title Lemmy: SSRF and internal image disclosure in post link metadata via unvalidated og:image
Weaknesses CWE-918
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 6.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

Published:

Updated: 2026-05-08T19:26:07.763Z

Reserved: 2026-04-25T01:53:21.582Z

Link: CVE-2026-42181

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-05-08T20:16:31.160

Modified: 2026-05-08T20:16:31.160

Link: CVE-2026-42181

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Updated: 2026-05-08T22:30:18Z

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