# CVE-2026-17552: Plack::App::Prerender versions before 0.3.0 for Perl can proxy to an arbitrary host via unvalidated REQUEST\_URI concatenation in call

- Severity: CVSS 9.1 (Critical), CISA-ADP
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 0.3.0
- Published: 2026-07-27 · Updated: 2026-07-28

## Affected

- Plack-App-Prerender: fixed in 0.3.0

## Description

Plack::App::Prerender versions before 0.3.0 for Perl can proxy to an arbitrary host via unvalidated REQUEST_URI concatenation in call. When the rewrite base is a plain string, the REQUEST_URI is appended to it, with no check that the path starts with a forward slash ('/'). When the rewrite base does not contain a path (which is the standard given in the SYNOPSIS), an attacker can create a request that changes the hostname. A request target starting with an at-sign ('@') changes the base to a RFC 3986 userinfo component. For example, a rewrite base of "https://example.com" with the submitted request "GET @192.168.1.2/" will send a request to "https://example.com@192.168.1.2/", with the rendered content returned to the attacker. This allows an attacker to access internal or restricted hosts that only the webserver has access to.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Plack-App-Prerender, upgrade to a fixed version (0.3.0) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/robrwo/perl-Plack-App-Prerender/security/advisories/GHSA-6x4w-x68j-ppqq
- https://metacpan.org/release/RRWO/Plack-App-Prerender-v0.3.0/changes
- https://github.com/robrwo/perl-Plack-App-Prerender/commit/2d793dd69e2b6f4e469618ee742bd8402677202d.patch

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