vulnerability / NVI-00015062 / Revision 2
ip-address: a CIDR suffix on the parsed address suppresses special-use classification and can bypass SSRF and trust-boundary checks
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01 / Meaning
Why it matters
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0.480%
FIRST EPSS model v2026.06.15; exploitation probability over 30 days, percentile 0.41547. Missing scores are unknown.
As of · FIRST EPSS
02 / Applicability
The affected context
Affected versions, configuration prerequisites and known exclusions are public. Confirm each one against the deployed service.
ip-address
source listed>= 10.1.1, <= 10.2.1
### Summary Every special-use classification method is built on `isInSubnet`, which short-circuits to `false` whenever the address's own subnet mask is *shorter* than the reference range's mask. That mask comes verbatim from the CIDR suffix on the parsed input, so appending a suffix such as `/0` suppresses classification entirely: `isLoopback()`, `isPrivate()`, `isLinkLocal()`, `isCGNAT()`, `isMulticast()`, `isUnspecified()`, `isBroadcast()`, `isULA()`, and `getType()` all report an internal address as unremarkable, while `correctForm()` and `address` still return the real internal target. An application that builds a network trust-boundary decision on these checks (for example a filter intended to block Server-Side Request Forgery, or SSRF) may therefore treat an internal target as external and allow the request. SSRF is an attack in which a user-supplied address coaxes the server into making a request to an internal destination the user could not otherwise reach, such as a loopback service or a cloud metadata endpoint. ### Details `isInSubnet` in `src/common.ts` opens with a guard that compares the two prefix lengths: ```js export function isInSubnet(this, address) { if (t
03 / Response
What to do next
- investigate
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04 / Limits
What this report cannot establish
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05 / Provenance
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- GHSA-4xrf-jv44-h6hh ↗
GitHub Advisory Database · vendor advisory
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- CVE-2026-69198 ↗
FIRST EPSS · official catalog
Observed . FIRST EPSS; probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, not local compromise. Dataset date/model retained; FIRST services terms apply.
Public revision history
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- Revision 2 ·
Dated EPSS estimate updated; this is not a new disclosure or proof of exploitation.
- Revision 1 ·
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