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PinePods CVE-2026-55598 (CVSS 9.1) lets authenticated users subscribe to attacker-controlled RSS feeds

Status
Unverified: only social posts report this so far
Kind
Vulnerability
Vendor
PinePods
Product
PinePods
First seen

Summary

TheHackerWire reports CVE-2026-55598, a critical (CVSS 9.1) flaw in PinePods versions before 0.9.0. An authenticated user can subscribe to an attacker-controlled RSS feed through the add_podcast API endpoint.

If you use PinePods

Upgrade PinePods to version 0.9.0 or later

Restrict account registration on self-hosted instances

Review subscribed podcast feeds for unexpected sources

What the sources say 1

· Mastodon: “Prior to 0.9.0, an authenticated user can subscribe to an attacker-controlled RSS feed through `POST /api/data/add_podcast` in `rust-api/src/handlers/podcasts.rs`.” Source