league/commonmark has an embed extension allowed_domains bypass
### Impact The `DomainFilteringAdapter` in the Embed extension is vulnerable to an allowlist bypass due to a missing hostname boundary assertion in the domain-matching regex. An attacker-controlled domain like `youtube.com.evil` passes the allowlist check when `youtube.com` is an allowed domain. This enables two attack vectors: - **SSRF**: The `OscaroteroEmbedAdapter` makes server-side HTTP requests to the embed URL via the `embed/embed` library. A bypassed domain filter causes the server to make outbound requests to an attacker-controlled host, potentially probing internal services or exfiltrating request metadata. - **XSS**: `EmbedRenderer` outputs the oEmbed response HTML directly into the page with no sanitization. An attacker controlling the bypassed domain can return arbitrary HTML/JavaScript in their oEmbed response, which is rendered verbatim. Any application using the `Embed` extension and relying on `allowed_domains` to restrict domains when processing untrusted Markdown input is affected. ### Patches This has been patched in version **2.8.2**. The fix replaces the regex-based domain check with explicit hostname parsing using `parse_url()`, ensuring exact domain and subdomain matching only. ### Workarounds - Disable the `Embed` extension, or restrict its use to trusted users - Provide your own domain-filtering implementation of `EmbedAdapterInterface` - Enable a [Content Security Policy (CSP)](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/CSP) and outbound firewall restrictions
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Related CVEs.
| ID | severity | exploitable | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CVE-2026-33347US | medium6.1 | — | ||
league/commonmark is a PHP Markdown parser. From version 2.3.0 to before version 2.8.2, the DomainFilteringAdapter in the Embed extension is vulnerable to an allowlist bypass due t… | ||||
references
External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.
- https://github.com/thephpleague/commonmarkPACKAGE
- https://github.com/thephpleague/commonmark/commit/59fb075d2101740c337c7216e3f32b36c204218bWEB
- https://github.com/thephpleague/commonmark/releases/tag/2.8.2WEB
- https://github.com/thephpleague/commonmark/security/advisories/GHSA-hh8v-hgvp-g3f5WEB
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-33347ADVISORY
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