# CVE-2025-67743: Local Deep Research is Vulnerable to Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) in Download Service

> Attackers can exploit SSRF in the download service to access internal networks and cloud metadata by submitting malicious URLs.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.3 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** Yes
- **Published:** 23 Dec 2025
- **Updated:** 23 Dec 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-9c54-gxh7-ppjc, PYSEC-2026-1581

## What is CVE-2025-67743?

CVE-2025-67743 is a medium-severity server-side request forgery vulnerability in LearningCircuit local-deep-research, published on 23 Dec 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Local Deep Research is an AI-powered research assistant for deep, iterative research. In versions from 1.3.0 to before 1.3.9, the download service (download_service.py) makes HTTP requests using raw requests.get() without utilizing the application's SSRF protection (safe_requests.py). This can allow attackers to access internal services and attempt to reach cloud provider metadata endpoints (AWS/GCP/Azure), as well as perform internal network reconnaissance, by submitting malicious URLs through the API, depending on the deployment and surrounding controls. This issue has been patched in version 1.3.9.

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

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-67743?

3 open source packages ship an affected version, including local-deep-research. It affects 1 product.


| Package | Ecosystem | Affected | Fixed in |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `local-deep-research` | PyPI | From 1.3.0 | 1.3.9 |
| `local-deep-research` | PyPI | From 1.3.0 | 1.3.9 |
| `local-deep-research` | PyPI | From 1.3.0 | 1.3.9 |

Products: Learningcircuit Local Deep Research.

## How do I fix CVE-2025-67743?

Upgrade local-deep-research to 1.3.9 or later.

## Is CVE-2025-67743 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2025-67743 exists.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-67743 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-67743 is a medium-severity server-side request forgery vulnerability in LearningCircuit local-deep-research, published on 23 Dec 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2025-67743 exists.

Affected packages and fixed versions:
- local-deep-research (PyPI): affected from 1.3.0; fixed in 1.3.9
- local-deep-research (PyPI): affected from 1.3.0; fixed in 1.3.9
- local-deep-research (PyPI): affected from 1.3.0; fixed in 1.3.9

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-2025-67743/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-67743/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-67743
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-67743
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-67743

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-67743/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.