# CVE-2026-54054: Transmute has full-read SSRF in URL file import (POST /api/files/url) — no host/IP validation, follows redirects

- Severity: CVSS 6.5 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 1.3.0
- Published: 2026-09-10 · Updated: 2026-09-11

## Affected

- transmute-app transmute: fixed in 1.3.0

## Description

Transmute is a free, open-source, self-hosted file conversion and compression tool. Prior to version 1.3.0, Transmute's URL import endpoint, `POST /api/files/url`, is vulnerable to Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF). The HTTP downloader used by this endpoint fetches user-supplied URLs with redirects enabled and does not validate whether the target resolves to a public, external address. As a result, an authenticated user (or guest user if they are enabled) may be able to cause the Transmute server to make HTTP requests to internal or cloud-local resources from the server's network position. Because downloaded content is stored and can later be retrieved through `GET /api/files/{id}`, this issue can result in full-read SSRF rather than blind SSRF. This is fixed in version 1.3.0.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on transmute-app transmute, upgrade to a fixed version (1.3.0) per the references below.
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## References

- https://github.com/transmute-app/transmute/security/advisories/GHSA-89m5-mvmx-7xrf
- https://github.com/transmute-app/transmute/releases/tag/v1.3.0

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