Description
Lemmy is a link aggregator and forum for the fediverse. Prior to version 0.19.18, Lemmy allows an authenticated low-privileged user to create a link post through POST /api/v3/post. When a post is created in a public community, the backend asynchronously sends a Webmention to the attacker-controlled link target. The submitted URL is checked for syntax and scheme, but the audited code path does not reject loopback, private, or link-local destinations before the Webmention request is issued. This lets a normal user trigger server-side HTTP requests toward internal services. This issue has been patched in version 0.19.18.
Published: 2026-05-08
Score: 6.3 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-3jvj-v6w2-h948 Lemmy has SSRF in /api/v3/post via Webmention dispatch
History

Wed, 13 May 2026 18:30:00 +0000

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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


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 allows an authenticated low-privileged user to create a link post through POST /api/v3/post. When a post is created in a public community, the backend asynchronously sends a Webmention to the attacker-controlled link target. The submitted URL is checked for syntax and scheme, but the audited code path does not reject loopback, private, or link-local destinations before the Webmention request is issued. This lets a normal user trigger server-side HTTP requests toward internal services. This issue has been patched in version 0.19.18.
Title Lemmy: SSRF in /api/v3/post via Webmention dispatch
Weaknesses CWE-918
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 6.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

Published:

Updated: 2026-05-13T17:18:23.284Z

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

Link: CVE-2026-42180

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-05-13T17:18:20.309Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2026-05-08T20:16:31.023

Modified: 2026-05-13T18:16:15.470

Link: CVE-2026-42180

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No data.

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

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

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