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Fluentd is Vulnerable to Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) via Placeholder Expansion in `out_http`

High severity GitHub Reviewed Published Jun 26, 2026 in fluent/fluentd

Package

bundler fluentd (RubyGems)

Affected versions

<= 1.19.2

Patched versions

1.19.3

Description

The out_http output plugin allows the use of placeholders (such as ${tag}) in the endpoint configuration parameter.
It was discovered that if the placeholder value is derived from untrusted user input, an attacker can maliciously control the destination hostname of the outbound HTTP requests made by Fluentd.

Impact

This vulnerability allows for a Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) attack.
An unauthenticated attacker can force the Fluentd node to send HTTP requests to arbitrary internal services. This can lead to unauthorized access to internal APIs, data exfiltration, or the compromise of cloud metadata endpoints (e.g., AWS IMDS 169.254.169.254).

Patches

v1.19.3

Workarounds

If an immediate upgrade is not possible, users are strongly advised to apply the following mitigations:

  1. Avoid Dynamic Hostnames

    • Do not use the placeholder in the endpoint parameter as hostname.

  2. Restrict Network Access

    • Use firewall rules (e.g., iptables, AWS Security Groups) to block the Fluentd node from accessing sensitive internal IP addresses, specifically the cloud provider's metadata service and other internal microservices that Fluentd does not explicitly need to access.

  3. Restrict allowed hosts

    • Inject filter to accept allowed hosts in placeholders explicitly if possible.

References

@Watson1978 Watson1978 published to fluent/fluentd Jun 26, 2026
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database Jun 26, 2026
Reviewed Jun 26, 2026

Severity

High

CVSS overall score

This score calculates overall vulnerability severity from 0 to 10 and is based on the Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS).
/ 10

CVSS v3 base metrics

Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Scope
Changed
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
None
Availability
Low

CVSS v3 base metrics

Attack vector: More severe the more the remote (logically and physically) an attacker can be in order to exploit the vulnerability.
Attack complexity: More severe for the least complex attacks.
Privileges required: More severe if no privileges are required.
User interaction: More severe when no user interaction is required.
Scope: More severe when a scope change occurs, e.g. one vulnerable component impacts resources in components beyond its security scope.
Confidentiality: More severe when loss of data confidentiality is highest, measuring the level of data access available to an unauthorized user.
Integrity: More severe when loss of data integrity is the highest, measuring the consequence of data modification possible by an unauthorized user.
Availability: More severe when the loss of impacted component availability is highest.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:L

EPSS score

Weaknesses

Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF)

The web server receives a URL or similar request from an upstream component and retrieves the contents of this URL, but it does not sufficiently ensure that the request is being sent to the expected destination. Learn more on MITRE.

CVE ID

CVE-2026-44161

GHSA ID

GHSA-72f5-rr8c-r6gr

Source code

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