GHSA-R8J5-8747-88CM
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-05-14 20:55 – Updated: 2026-05-14 20:55Summary
The @utcp/http package is vulnerable to a blind Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) caused by a trust-boundary inconsistency between manual discovery and tool invocation. registerManual() validates the discovery URL against an HTTPS / loopback allowlist, but callTool() reuses the resolved toolCallTemplate.url directly without revalidating, and the OpenApiConverter blindly trusts whatever servers[0].url an attacker-hosted spec declares. An attacker who hosts a malicious OpenAPI spec on a legitimate HTTPS endpoint can declare e.g. servers: [{ url: "http://127.0.0.1:9090" }] or servers: [{ url: "http://169.254.169.254" }]; the converter then produces tools whose URL points at internal services on the agent host.
A separate prefix-bypass also affected the discovery-time check: the previous startsWith('http://localhost') guard let URLs like http://localhost.evil.com through.
Sister advisory
This is the npm/TypeScript counterpart of GHSA-39j6-4867-gg4w / CVE-2026-44661 on the Python utcp-http package. Same vulnerability, same fix shape, same reporter.
Versions and patch state
@utcp/http <= 1.1.1— vulnerable. Both the loopback-redirect (http://127.0.0.1) and the non-loopback internal-IP variants (e.g.http://169.254.169.254,http://10.0.0.5) succeed. Note: thestreamable_httpandssecallToolStreamingpaths in 1.1.1 are TODO placeholders and don't actually fetch URLs, so the runtime SSRF surface in these protocols is currently confined to discovery — a future implementation must also callensureSecureUrlbefore issuing the request.@utcp/http 1.1.2— full fix. Runtime revalidation incallToolcloses the non-loopback variants; theOpenApiConverterrejects, at conversion time, any spec fetched from a non-loopback source that declares a loopbackservers[0].url, closing the loopback-redirect variant.
Impact
A remote attacker who can convince the agent (via the LLM context, prompt injection, or a tool-discovery surface) to register their HTTPS OpenAPI URL can:
- Map internal networks behind the agent.
- Read AWS/GCP IAM credentials from cloud metadata endpoints (http://169.254.169.254, http://metadata.google.internal).
- Reach unauthenticated internal services exposed on loopback (Elasticsearch, Redis HTTP, internal admin panels, the agent's own HTTP server).
- Have responses returned to the LLM, which combined with prompt injection enables exfiltration back to the attacker.
Patch
Commit on dev: 21f63e6.
New helper packages/http/src/_security.ts exposes isSecureUrl, isLoopbackUrl, ensureSecureUrl. Hostname-based validation closes the prefix bypass (http://localhost.evil.com → rejected). All three protocols' registerManual now call ensureSecureUrl(url, 'manual discovery'); callTool re-checks the resolved URL with ensureSecureUrl(url, 'tool invocation') immediately before the axios request. OpenApiConverter rejects remote spec → loopback server.
Workarounds
For users who cannot upgrade immediately:
- Refuse to call registerManual with any URL controlled by an untrusted party, even over HTTPS.
- Restrict outbound network access from the host running the agent so internal addresses (RFC1918, 169.254.0.0/16, loopback) are unreachable.
Credit
Discovered and reported by @YLChen-007 against the Python sibling implementation (universal-tool-calling-protocol/python-utcp#83). The TypeScript port shared the same code shape and the same vulnerability.
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"details": "## Summary\n\nThe `@utcp/http` package is vulnerable to a blind Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) caused by a trust-boundary inconsistency between manual discovery and tool invocation. `registerManual()` validates the discovery URL against an HTTPS / loopback allowlist, but `callTool()` reuses the resolved `toolCallTemplate.url` directly without revalidating, and the `OpenApiConverter` blindly trusts whatever `servers[0].url` an attacker-hosted spec declares. An attacker who hosts a malicious OpenAPI spec on a legitimate HTTPS endpoint can declare e.g. `servers: [{ url: \"http://127.0.0.1:9090\" }]` or `servers: [{ url: \"http://169.254.169.254\" }]`; the converter then produces tools whose URL points at internal services on the agent host.\n\nA separate prefix-bypass also affected the discovery-time check: the previous `startsWith(\u0027http://localhost\u0027)` guard let URLs like `http://localhost.evil.com` through.\n\n## Sister advisory\n\nThis is the npm/TypeScript counterpart of [GHSA-39j6-4867-gg4w / CVE-2026-44661](https://github.com/universal-tool-calling-protocol/python-utcp/security/advisories/GHSA-39j6-4867-gg4w) on the Python `utcp-http` package. Same vulnerability, same fix shape, same reporter.\n\n## Versions and patch state\n\n- `@utcp/http \u003c= 1.1.1` \u2014 vulnerable. Both the loopback-redirect (`http://127.0.0.1`) and the non-loopback internal-IP variants (e.g. `http://169.254.169.254`, `http://10.0.0.5`) succeed. Note: the `streamable_http` and `sse` `callToolStreaming` paths in 1.1.1 are TODO placeholders and don\u0027t actually fetch URLs, so the runtime SSRF surface in these protocols is currently confined to discovery \u2014 a future implementation must also call `ensureSecureUrl` before issuing the request.\n- `@utcp/http 1.1.2` \u2014 full fix. Runtime revalidation in `callTool` closes the non-loopback variants; the `OpenApiConverter` rejects, at conversion time, any spec fetched from a non-loopback source that declares a loopback `servers[0].url`, closing the loopback-redirect variant.\n\n## Impact\n\nA remote attacker who can convince the agent (via the LLM context, prompt injection, or a tool-discovery surface) to register their HTTPS OpenAPI URL can:\n- Map internal networks behind the agent.\n- Read AWS/GCP IAM credentials from cloud metadata endpoints (`http://169.254.169.254`, `http://metadata.google.internal`).\n- Reach unauthenticated internal services exposed on loopback (Elasticsearch, Redis HTTP, internal admin panels, the agent\u0027s own HTTP server).\n- Have responses returned to the LLM, which combined with prompt injection enables exfiltration back to the attacker.\n\n## Patch\n\nCommit on `dev`: 21f63e6.\n\nNew helper `packages/http/src/_security.ts` exposes `isSecureUrl`, `isLoopbackUrl`, `ensureSecureUrl`. Hostname-based validation closes the prefix bypass (`http://localhost.evil.com` \u2192 rejected). All three protocols\u0027 `registerManual` now call `ensureSecureUrl(url, \u0027manual discovery\u0027)`; `callTool` re-checks the resolved URL with `ensureSecureUrl(url, \u0027tool invocation\u0027)` immediately before the axios request. `OpenApiConverter` rejects remote spec \u2192 loopback server.\n\n## Workarounds\n\nFor users who cannot upgrade immediately:\n- Refuse to call `registerManual` with any URL controlled by an untrusted party, even over HTTPS.\n- Restrict outbound network access from the host running the agent so internal addresses (RFC1918, 169.254.0.0/16, loopback) are unreachable.\n\n## Credit\n\nDiscovered and reported by [@YLChen-007](https://github.com/YLChen-007) against the Python sibling implementation (universal-tool-calling-protocol/python-utcp#83). The TypeScript port shared the same code shape and the same vulnerability.",
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