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CVE-2026-72916

Mastodon: SSRF Protection Bypass via IPv4-compatible IPv6 Addresses

Published
Last modified
published
Not listed in CISA KEV
Fix
Fixed in 4.4.21, 4.5.14, 4.6.4
None on Exploit-DB, Metasploit or GitHub
  • Exploitation: none
  • Automatable: no
  • Technical impact: partial

Summary

Mastodon is a free, open-source social network server based on ActivityPub. Prior to 4.4.21, 4.5.14, 4.6.4, and 4.7.0-beta.1, PrivateAddressCheck.private_address? in app/lib/private_address_check.rb normalized IPv4-mapped IPv6 addresses but did not recognize IPv4-compatible IPv6 addresses with IPAddr#ipv4_compat?. An attacker could supply an address in the omitted range to bypass the ALLOWED_PRIVATE_ADDRESSES protection and make Mastodon send HTTP requests to loopback interfaces, potentially accessing private resources and services. Exploitation requires a system that supports the obsolete IPv4-compatible IPv6 mechanism. This issue is fixed in versions 4.4.21, 4.5.14, 4.6.4, and 4.7.0-beta.1.

Timeline

  1. CVE published
  2. CISA SSVC assessment

    Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: partial

  3. Record last updated

Affected versions

  • mastodon mastodon

    fixed in 4.4.21; From 4.5.0-beta.1 · fixed in 4.5.14; From 4.6.0-beta.1 · fixed in 4.6.4

References 9

GitHub · mastodon/mastodon