# 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.

- **Severity:** High 7.1 (`CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:N/SA:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 19 Aug 2026
- **Updated:** 19 Aug 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-hv4c-3wcw-pxh2

## 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 (Server-Side Request Forgery)

## 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.

## Is CVE-2026-76164 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-76164 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2026-76164 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: 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.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-76164 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: ail-project ail-framework. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

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-2026-76164/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-76164/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-76164
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-76164
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2026-76164

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-76164/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.