Vulnerability in lemur (CVE-2026-70667)
Summary
Vulnerability in lemur (CVE-2026-70667). Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure. Exploitable via POST /api/1/certificates/upload. Mitigation: upgrade to 1.9.3 or later.
Original description
The description as published by the source.
Summary
The SSRF mitigation added for GHSA-54vg-pfh7-jq95 (_validate_revocation_url() in lemur /certificates/verify.py) can be bypassed. An operator-role user who uploads a certificate with attacker-controlled CRL/OCSP extensions can still make Lemur reach internal destinations (RFC1918, loopback, link-local 169.254.169.254) during verification.
Affected version
Tested against main (the commit that introduced _validate_revocation_url). The 1.9.2 release predates that guard and is vulnerable to the original SSRF (GHSA-54vg-pfh7-jq95) directly; this bypass applies to the unreleased mitigation in main. Please map the affected range to whichever release will first contain _validate_revocation_url.
Bypass 1 — HTTP redirect (deterministic)
The guard validates only the URL in the certificate; the CRL fetch then follows redirects without re-validating the target:
# lemur/certificates/verify.py:174
response = requests.get(point, timeout=(3.05, 6))
The attacker hosts the CRL URL on a public host they control (passes the guard); that host returns 302 Location: http://169.254.169.254/.... requests follows it to the internal target the guard never inspected.
Bypass 2 — DNS rebinding / TOCTOU (probabilistic)
The guard resolves once during validation; the fetch re-resolves independently:
# lemur/certificates/verify.py:51
addr = ipaddress.ip_address(socket.gethostbyname(hostname))
A low-TTL attacker name that answers a public IP…
Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database NVD GitHub Advisory
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A vulnerability tracked as CVE-2026-70667 has been found in lemur.
Attackers can target a specific entry point like POST /api/1/certificates/upload over the network to misuse the product.
Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure. CVSS score: 6.3/10.
What to do: upgrade lemur to 1.9.3 or later.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "lemur CVE-2026-70667" on the vendor's site.
CVE-2026-70667 (lemur) — CWE-367 / CVSS v3 6.3
Attack vector: remote (network-reachable) / no user interaction
Attack surface: POST /api/1/certificates/upload / main / _validate_revocation_url / requests
Patched: 1.9.3 — apply immediately
Plan: 1) Audit SBOM/dependencies, 2) Stage→prod upgrade, 3) Add WAF/proxy monitoring on affected endpoints, 4) Hunt IOCs in logs.
Refs: see the GHSA / vendor advisory / patched release linked on this page.
A vulnerability (CWE-367) exists in lemur. Attackers reach the vulnerable code path via POST /api/1/certificates/upload.
Check the vendor advisory for the affected versions of lemur. Attack surface: POST /api/1/certificates/upload / main / _validate_revocation_url / requests.
Severity: Medium (CVSS 6.3/10). Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.
Update to 1.9.3.
Until the patch is applied: disable the affected feature, apply WAF rules, or restrict access via network ACLs.
Search webserver/proxy logs for unusual POST /api/1/certificates/upload requests with malformed payloads or SQL meta-characters. Run grep -r 'lemur' . against your dependency files (package-lock.json, requirements.txt, go.sum) to find affected services.
Response actions
Concrete steps and command examples for SOC/SRE teams to execute in order
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1Identify exposure identify
grep -r 'lemur' . | grep -v node_modulesリポジトリと本番環境の依存ファイル (package-lock.json / requirements.txt / go.sum / Gemfile.lock 等) で
lemurを grep し、稼働しているサービス・バージョンを把握する。 -
2Hunt for indicators of compromise detect
grep 'POST /api/1/certificates/upload' /var/log/nginx/access.log | grep -E '(unusual_payload|sqli_pattern)'アクセスログで
POST /api/1/certificates/uploadへの異常なリクエスト (不正な認証ヘッダ・SQLメタ文字)を過去 30〜90日分捜索。WAF/SIEM があれば該当パスのアラート発火履歴を確認。 -
3Apply patch patch
Upgrade lemur to 1.9.3ステージング環境で 1.9.3 に上げて回帰テスト → 本番反映。回帰テストはアプリの主要ハッピーパスと、Step 2 で見つけた異常検知の続報チェックを含めること。
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4Post-deployment verification verify
Replay attack against POST /api/1/certificates/upload on staging to confirm patch closes the vectorパッチ適用後、ステージングで PoC または同等の悪用パターンを再現して脆弱性が閉じたことを確認。本番では Step 2 と同じログクエリでアラート再発が無いか継続監視。
Affected packages
References
- advisory github.com
- advisory nvd.nist.gov
- package github.com
- package pypi.org
- web github.com
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- web github.com