# CVE-2025-25301: Rembg allows SSRF via /api/remove

> Attackers can exploit the /api/remove endpoint to fetch internal network resources, leading to information disclosure.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.9 (`CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:N/SA:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** Yes
- **Published:** 3 Mar 2025
- **Updated:** 3 Mar 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-r5gx-c49x-h878, PYSEC-2025-24

## What is CVE-2025-25301?

CVE-2025-25301 is a medium-severity server-side request forgery vulnerability in danielgatis rembg, published on 3 Mar 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Rembg is a tool to remove images background. In Rembg 2.0.57 and earlier, the /api/remove endpoint takes a URL query parameter that allows an image to be fetched, processed and returned. An attacker may be able to query this endpoint to view pictures hosted on the internal network of the rembg server. This issue may lead to Information Disclosure.

Weakness: CWE-918 (Server-Side Request Forgery)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-25301?

3 open source packages ship an affected version, including rembg. It affects 1 product.


| Package | Ecosystem | Affected | Fixed in |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `rembg` | PyPI | All versions to 2.0.57 | None |
| `rembg` | PyPI | All versions to 2.0.57 | None |
| `rembg` | PyPI | All versions | 2.0.58 |

Products: Danielgatis Rembg.

## How do I fix CVE-2025-25301?

Upgrade rembg to 2.0.58 or later.

## Is CVE-2025-25301 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-25301 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in danielgatis rembg

- [CVE-2025-25302](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-25302/): Rembg CORS misconfiguration (high 8.7)
- [CVE-2026-40086](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-40086/): Rembg has a Path Traversal via Custom Model Loading (medium 5.3)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-25301 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-25301 is a medium-severity server-side request forgery vulnerability in danielgatis rembg, published on 3 Mar 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-25301 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected packages and fixed versions:
- rembg (PyPI): affected all versions up to 2.0.57; no fix listed
- rembg (PyPI): affected all versions up to 2.0.57; no fix listed
- rembg (PyPI): affected all versions; fixed in 2.0.58

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-25301/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-25301/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-25301
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-25301
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-25301

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-25301/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.