CVE-2026-27808

Mailpit is Vulnerable to Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) via Link Check API

State
Published
Severity
5.8 Medium
Published
Feb 25, 2026
Updated
Feb 26, 2026
Reserved
Feb 24, 2026

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Description

Mailpit is an email testing tool and API for developers. Prior to version 1.29.2, the Link Check API (/api/v1/message/{ID}/link-check) is vulnerable to Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF). The server performs HTTP HEAD requests to every URL found in an email without validating target hosts or filtering private/internal IP addresses. The response returns status codes and status text per link, making this a non-blind SSRF. In the default configuration (no authentication on SMTP or API), this is fully exploitable remotely with zero user interaction. This is the same class of vulnerability that was fixed in the HTML Check API (CVE-2026-23845 / GHSA-6jxm-fv7w-rw5j) and the screenshot proxy (CVE-2026-21859 / GHSA-8v65-47jx-7mfr), but the Link Check code path was not included in either fix. Version 1.29.2 fixes this vulnerability.

Scores

CVSSScoreVectorSource
3.15.8 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:NGitHub_M

Weaknesses

  • CWE-918 Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF)

Affected Products

ProductVersions
mailpitaxllent
  • < 1.29.2Affected

References

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