CVE-2026-43979

medium

Description

Local Deep Research is an AI-powered research assistant for deep, iterative research. Prior to 1.6.0, PDFService._markdown_to_html() constructs an HTML document by interpolating user-controlled values — specifically title (sourced from research.title or research.query) and metadata key-value pairs — directly into an f-string without any HTML escaping. An authenticated attacker can craft a research query containing HTML special characters to inject arbitrary HTML tags into the document processed by WeasyPrint during PDF export. This injection can be chained to trigger a Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF), bypassing the application's existing SSRF defenses in ssrf_validator.py. This vulnerability is fixed in 1.6.0.

References

https://github.com/LearningCircuit/local-deep-research/security/advisories/GHSA-fj2m-qvh9-jq4q

https://github.com/LearningCircuit/local-deep-research/pull/3613

https://github.com/LearningCircuit/local-deep-research/pull/3082

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2026-05-28

Updated: 2026-06-01

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 4

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 5

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:N

Severity: Medium

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00026