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1 vulnerability by OP-Engineering
CVE-2026-43897 (GCVE-0-2026-43897)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-05-11 21:14 – Updated: 2026-05-12 16:40
VLAI
Title
Link Preview JS: vunerable to IPv6 and internal loopback attacks
Summary
Link Preview JS extracts web links information. Prior to 4.0.1, the library did not check for IPv6 loopback attacks. There was also a DNS attack, where an address could be resolved into an internal IP. This could cause internal data leaks. This vulnerability is fixed in 4.0.1.
Severity
CWE
- CWE-918 - Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF)
Assigner
References
4 references
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://github.com/OP-Engineering/link-preview-js… | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
| https://github.com/OP-Engineering/link-preview-js… | x_refsource_MISC |
| https://github.com/OP-Engineering/link-preview-js… | x_refsource_MISC |
| https://github.com/OP-Engineering/link-preview-js… | x_refsource_MISC |
Impacted products
1 product
| Vendor | Product | Version | |
|---|---|---|---|
| OP-Engineering | link-preview-js |
Affected:
< 4.0.1
|
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