send_email in graphite-web/webapp/graphite/composer/views.py in Graphite through 1.1.5 is vulnerable to SSRF. The vulnerable SSRF endpoint can be used by an attacker to have the Graphite web server request any resource. The response to this SSRF request is encoded into an image file and then sent to an e-mail address that can be supplied by the attacker. Thus, an attacker can exfiltrate any information.

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

  - send_email in graphite-web/webapp/graphite/composer/views.py in Graphite through 1.1.5 is vulnerable to
    SSRF. The vulnerable SSRF endpoint can be used by an attacker to have the Graphite web server request any
    resource. The response to this SSRF request is encoded into an image file and then sent to an e-mail
    address that can be supplied by the attacker. Thus, an attacker can exfiltrate any information.
    (CVE-2017-18638)

The remote Ubuntu 16.04 ESM / 18.04 ESM / 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-6243-1 advisory.

    It was discovered that Graphite-Web incorrectly handled certain inputs. If a user or an automated system     were tricked into opening a specially crafted input file, a remote attacker could possibly use this issue     to perform server-side request forgery and obtain sensitive information. This issue only affected Ubuntu     16.04 LTS and Ubuntu 18.04 LTS. (CVE-2017-18638)

    It was discovered that Graphite-Web incorrectly handled certain inputs. If a user or an automated system     were tricked into opening a specially crafted input file, a remote attacker could possibly use this issue     to perform

    cross site scripting and obtain sensitive information. (CVE-2022-4728, CVE-2022-4729, CVE-2022-4730)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The 'send_email' function in graphite-web/webapp/graphite/composer/views.py in Graphite is vulnerable to SSRF. The vulnerable SSRF endpoint can be used by an attacker to have the Graphite web server request any resource. The response to this SSRF request is encoded into an image file and then sent to an e-mail address that can be supplied by the attacker. Thus, an attacker can exfiltrate any information.

For Debian 8 'Jessie', this problem has been fixed in version 0.9.12+debian-6+deb8u1.

We recommend that you upgrade your graphite-web packages.

NOTE: Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the DLA security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
422213	SCA: security update for graphite-web (GHSA-vfj6-275q-4pvm)	Tenable Cloud Security	SCA Checks	high
422213	SCA: security update for graphite-web (GHSA-vfj6-275q-4pvm)	Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security	SCA Checks	high
178780	Ubuntu 16.04 ESM / 18.04 ESM / 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS : Graphite-Web vulnerabilities (USN-6243-1)	Nessus	Ubuntu Local Security Checks	high
130131	Debian DLA-1962-1 : graphite-web security update	Nessus	Debian Local Security Checks	high

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CVE-2017-18638

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Tenable Plugins

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