# CVE-2026-94028: Server-side request forgery in Mealie

> Remote attackers can exploit a server-side request forgery vulnerability in Mealie's Recipe Action Trigger to access internal resources.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.3 (`CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P`)
- **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:** 20 Sep 2026
- **Updated:** 21 Sep 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-2g3w-vrh2-xg2p

## What is CVE-2026-94028?

CVE-2026-94028 is a medium-severity server-side request forgery vulnerability in mealie-recipes Mealie, published on 20 Sep 2026. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

A weakness has been identified in mealie-recipes Mealie up to 3.25.1. Affected is the function payload.model_dump of the file mealie/routes/households/controller_group_recipe_actions.py of the component Recipe Action Trigger. Executing a manipulation of the argument url can lead to server-side request forgery. The attack can be executed remotely. The exploit has been made available to the public and could be used for attacks. Upgrading to version 3.26.0 is able to address this issue. This patch is called fb221afa258c8dd2c4ac95b1996c33ef9db3f477. The affected component should be upgraded.

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

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-94028?


## How do I fix CVE-2026-94028?

No fix has been published for CVE-2026-94028 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2026-94028 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2026-94028 exists.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2026-94028 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2026-94028 is a medium-severity server-side request forgery vulnerability in mealie-recipes Mealie, published on 20 Sep 2026. 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-2026-94028 exists.

Affected product: mealie-recipes Mealie. 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-2026-94028/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-94028/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-94028
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-94028
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2026-94028

---
From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-94028/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.