# CVE-2026-59707: LocalAI - Server-Side Request Forgery via POST /models/apply

- Also known as: GO-2026-6645, GHSA-8C5Q-HX4G-QQ23
- Severity: CVSS 9.2 (Critical), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:H/SI:N/SA:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 1.40.1-0.20260703213242-2cbb3c96b34d
- Published: 2026-07-07 · Updated: 2026-09-24

## Affected

- LocalAI: through v4.3.1
- github.com/mudler/LocalAI (Go): fixed in 1.40.1-0.20260703213242-2cbb3c96b34d

## Description

LocalAI contains an unauthenticated server-side request forgery vulnerability in the POST /models/apply endpoint that allows attackers to fetch arbitrary internal URLs. The endpoint passes unsanitized gallery URL fields directly to gallery.GetGalleryConfigFromURLWithContext without proper validation, enabling attackers to force the server to issue HTTP GET requests to private and loopback ranges with partial response content leaked through error messages.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on LocalAI, github.com/mudler/LocalAI, upgrade to a fixed version (1.40.1-0.20260703213242-2cbb3c96b34d) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/mudler/LocalAI/issues/10665
- https://github.com/mudler/LocalAI
- https://github.com/mudler/LocalAI/commit/f9b968e19d7cbc556d59dceb2e0e450b828a3fda
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/localai-server-side-request-forgery-via-post-models-apply

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