CVE-2026-76164 Authenticated Server-Side Request Forgery in AIL Framework Crawler Allows Access to Internal Network Resources
Authenticated users can exploit SSRF in the crawler to access internal network resources and cloud metadata, leading to sensitive data disclosure.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2026-76164?
CVE-2026-76164 is a high-severity server-side request forgery vulnerability in ail-project ail-framework, published on 19 Aug 2026. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
AIL Framework contains a server-side request forgery (SSRF) vulnerability in its crawler submission functionality. A low-privileged authenticated user with access to the crawler interface can submit an arbitrary URL for crawling without adequate validation of the destination host.
The crawler can therefore be instructed to make direct HTTP(S) requests to addresses that should not be reachable by application users, including loopback addresses, RFC1918 private networks, link-local addresses, and cloud metadata services such as 169.254.169.254.
Manual crawler tasks bypass the existing domain blacklist because they are assigned a non-zero priority, and ordinary IP literals are classified as web targets and fetched directly rather than through Tor or another proxy. Consequently, an attacker can use the AIL server as a network pivot to access services available from the server's network context.
Responses generated by these requests, including captured HTML, screenshots, and HAR data, can subsequently be accessed through the crawler interface. This makes the SSRF non-blind and may allow an attacker to disclose sensitive internal application data, service information, or cloud instance metadata and credentials.
The patch introduces validation that resolves crawler destinations and rejects URLs resolving to non-global IP addresses, addressing localhost, private-network, and link-local targets.
Weakness: CWE-918
Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-76164?
How do I fix CVE-2026-76164?
No fix has been published for CVE-2026-76164 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and send outbound requests through an allow-list that blocks internal addresses. More about Server-side request forgery.
Is CVE-2026-76164 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-76164 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-hv4c-3wcw-pxh2.