# CVE-2026-63642: MagicMirror newsfeed Socket.IO notification allows blind server-side request forgery

- Also known as: GHSA-998G-7V5W-CR7G
- Severity: CVSS 6.3 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:N/SA:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Public exploit code: 1 GitHub repo listed by PoC-in-GitHub
- Fixed in: 2.37.0
- Published: 2026-08-18 · Updated: 2026-08-19

## Affected

- MagicMirrorOrg MagicMirror: fixed in 2.37.0
- magicmirror (npm): fixed in 2.37.0

## Description

MagicMirror² is an open source modular smart mirror platform. Prior to 2.37.0, checkArticleUrl in defaultmodules/newsfeed/node_helper.js accepts the CHECK_ARTICLE_URL notification through the unauthenticated Socket.IO namespace /newsfeed and performs fetch(url, { method: "HEAD" }) without validating the attacker-controlled URL. The helper returns ARTICLE_URL_STATUS containing the URL and framing result, providing a response and timing oracle that can identify internal hosts and ports and trigger side effects on services that react to HEAD requests. This issue is fixed in version 2.37.0.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on MagicMirrorOrg MagicMirror, magicmirror, upgrade to a fixed version (2.37.0) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/MagicMirrorOrg/MagicMirror/security/advisories/GHSA-998g-7v5w-cr7g
- https://github.com/MagicMirrorOrg/MagicMirror/pull/4169
- https://github.com/MagicMirrorOrg/MagicMirror/commit/58c2a5e675a7d367b64d72e1d35680d202ff5c9f
- https://github.com/MagicMirrorOrg/MagicMirror/releases/tag/v2.37.0
- https://github.com/hakaioffsec/CVE-2026-63642

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