# CVE-2025-67743: Local Deep Research is Vulnerable to Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) in Download Service

- Also known as: GHSA-9C54-GXH7-PPJC, PYSEC-2026-1581
- Severity: CVSS 6.3 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 1.3.9
- Published: 2025-12-23 · Updated: 2025-12-23

## Affected

- LearningCircuit local-deep-research: from 1.3.0, fixed in 1.3.9
- local-deep-research (PyPI): from 1.3.0, fixed in 1.3.9

## Description

Local Deep Research is an AI-powered research assistant for deep, iterative research. In versions from 1.3.0 to before 1.3.9, the download service (download_service.py) makes HTTP requests using raw requests.get() without utilizing the application's SSRF protection (safe_requests.py). This can allow attackers to access internal services and attempt to reach cloud provider metadata endpoints (AWS/GCP/Azure), as well as perform internal network reconnaissance, by submitting malicious URLs through the API, depending on the deployment and surrounding controls. This issue has been patched in version 1.3.9.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on LearningCircuit local-deep-research, local-deep-research, upgrade to a fixed version (1.3.9) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/LearningCircuit/local-deep-research/security/advisories/GHSA-9c54-gxh7-ppjc
- https://github.com/LearningCircuit/local-deep-research/commit/b79089ff30c5d9ae77e6b903c408e1c26ad5c055

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