# CVE-2017-18638: send\_email in graphite-web/webapp/graphite/composer/views.py in Graphite through 1.1.5 is vulnerable to SSRF.

- Also known as: GHSA-VFJ6-275Q-4PVM, PYSEC-2019-151
- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Public exploit code: 1 Nuclei template
- Fixed in: 1.1.6
- Published: 2019-10-11 · Updated: 2024-08-05

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported
- graphite-web (PyPI): fixed in 1.1.6

## Description

send_email in graphite-web/webapp/graphite/composer/views.py in Graphite through 1.1.5 is vulnerable to SSRF. The vulnerable SSRF endpoint can be used by an attacker to have the Graphite web server request any resource. The response to this SSRF request is encoded into an image file and then sent to an e-mail address that can be supplied by the attacker. Thus, an attacker can exfiltrate any information.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on n/a, graphite-web, upgrade to a fixed version (1.1.6) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/graphite-project/graphite-web/security/advisories/GHSA-vfj6-275q-4pvm
- https://github.com/graphite-project/graphite-web/issues/2008
- https://blog.orange.tw/2017/07/how-i-chained-4-vulnerabilities-on.html#second-bug-internal-graphite-ssrf
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ds4Gp4xoaeA
- https://github.com/graphite-project/graphite-web/pull/2499
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/10/msg00030.html
- https://github.com/projectdiscovery/nuclei-templates/blob/main/http/cves/2017/CVE-2017-18638.yaml

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