# CVE-2026-47076: SSRF allowlist bypass via percent-encoded host in hackney

- Severity: CVSS 6.9 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:H/SI:N/SA:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 4.0.1
- Published: 2026-05-25 · Updated: 2026-05-27

## Affected

- hackney: from 0.13.0, fixed in 4.0.1
- benoitc/hackney: version range not reported

## Description

Interpretation Conflict vulnerability in benoitc hackney allows Server Side Request Forgery. hackney_url:normalize/2 URL-decodes the host component after the URL has been parsed into a #hackney_url{} record. OTP's uri_string:parse/1 and inet:parse_address/1 do not decode percent-escapes in the host, so a URL such as http://%31%32%37%2E%30%2E%30%2E%31/ is seen by a caller's allowlist validator with host %31%32%37%2E%30%2E%30%2E%31 (not an IP address), which passes the allowlist check. hackney's normalizer then decodes the host to 127.0.0.1 and opens a TCP connection to loopback. Because hackney:request/5 always calls hackney_url:normalize/2 with no opt-out, every request that takes a binary or list URL is affected. The same technique reaches cloud instance metadata services (169.254.169.254), RFC1918 networks, and any admin interface listening on localhost. This issue affects hackney: from 0.13.0 before 4.0.1.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on hackney, benoitc/hackney, upgrade to a fixed version (4.0.1) per the references below.
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## References

- https://github.com/benoitc/hackney/security/advisories/GHSA-pj7v-xfvx-wmjq
- https://cna.erlef.org/cves/CVE-2026-47076.html
- https://osv.dev/vulnerability/EEF-CVE-2026-47076
- https://github.com/benoitc/hackney/commit/452620a92ec1da2e6b4862a049a2a4f04b42068f

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