# CVE-2022-35508: Proxmox Virtual Environment (PVE) and Proxmox Mail Gateway (PMG) are vulnerable to SSRF when proxying HTTP requests between pve(pmg)proxy an

- Severity: CVSS 9.8 (Critical), CISA-ADP
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2022-12-04 · Updated: 2025-04-24

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

Proxmox Virtual Environment (PVE) and Proxmox Mail Gateway (PMG) are vulnerable to SSRF when proxying HTTP requests between pve(pmg)proxy and pve(pmg)daemon. An attacker with an unprivileged account can craft an HTTP request to achieve SSRF and file disclosure of any files on the server. Also, in Proxmox Mail Gateway, privilege escalation to the root@pam account is possible if the backup feature has ever been used, because backup files such as pmg-backup_YYYY_MM_DD_*.tgz have 0644 permissions and contain an authkey value. This is fixed in pve-http-server 4.1-3.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on n/a, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://git.proxmox.com/?p=pve-http-server.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=580d540ea907ba15f64379c5bb69ecf1a49a875f
- https://git.proxmox.com/?p=pve-http-server.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=e9df8a6e76b2a18f89295a5d92a62177bbf0f762
- https://git.proxmox.com/?p=pve-http-server.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=c2bd69c7b5e9c775f96021cf8ae53da3dbd9029d
- https://starlabs.sg/blog/2022/12-multiple-vulnerabilites-in-proxmox-ve--proxmox-mail-gateway/

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