Summarize before 0.17.0 contains a server-side request forgery vulnerability that allows attackers who control a podcast RSS feed to direct the host to fetch transcript content from loopback addresses, link-local addresses, RFC 1918 private ranges, or other reserved destinations by supplying malicious podcast:transcript URL values. Attackers can bypass protections through DNS rebinding and redirect-based techniques, as redirect targets are not revalidated and hostnames are not resolved before request dispatch, exposing internal service responses through the summarization flow.
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/summarize-ssrf-via-podcast-transcript-url-fetch
https://github.com/steipete/summarize/releases/tag/v0.17.0
https://github.com/steipete/summarize/pull/239
https://github.com/steipete/summarize/commit/3c5522440c4833dde033e226baa39e6dda1dfc75
Published: 2026-06-11
Updated: 2026-06-11
Base Score: 7.8
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N
Severity: High
Base Score: 7.4
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
Severity: High
Base Score: 6.3
Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:H/SI:N/SA:N
Severity: Medium
EPSS: 0.00031