# CVE-2026-53727: css\_parser: SSRF and Local File Disclosure in \`CssParser::Parser#read\_remote\_file\`

- Also known as: GHSA-9PMC-P236-855H
- Severity: CVSS 8.9 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/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: 3.0.0
- Published: 2026-07-17 · Updated: 2026-07-20

## Affected

- premailer css\_parser: fixed in 3.0.0
- css\_parser (RubyGems): fixed in 3.0.0

## Description

css_parser is a Ruby CSS parser. From 2.2.0 until 3.0.0, CssParser::Parser#read_remote_file in lib/css_parser/parser.rb, and therefore load_uri! and the @import-following branch of add_block!, issued HTTP and HTTPS requests against any host, port, and URI without a scheme allowlist, host or IP filtering, or protection against link-local, loopback, or RFC-1918 addresses. Location: redirects were followed recursively back into the same function, which also serviced file:// URIs, so a single attacker-controlled HTTP redirect could upgrade the bug from SSRF to arbitrary local file disclosure. Any consumer of css_parser that hands it attacker-influenced CSS together with a base_uri: option is exposed. This issue is fixed in version 3.0.0.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on premailer css\_parser, css\_parser, upgrade to a fixed version (3.0.0) per the references below.
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## Related

- Browse: [RubyGems packages](https://cve.now/ecosystem/rubygems.md) · [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://github.com/premailer/css_parser/security/advisories/GHSA-9pmc-p236-855h
- https://github.com/premailer/css_parser/commit/7d2ddf0189cd54b54f378f59daefa10cb036e476
- https://github.com/premailer/css_parser/commit/e0a151458b2a801ae265ba420862ef8b1127b3ae
- https://github.com/premailer/css_parser/releases/tag/v3.0.0

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