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Security checkSeptember 25, 2025

private-ip vulnerable to Server-Side Request Forgery

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Description

All versions of the package private-ip are vulnerable to Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF), where an attacker can provide an IP or hostname that resolves to a multicast IP address (224.0.0.0/4) which is not included as part of the private IP ranges in the package’s source code.

Recommendation

No fix is available yet. Followings are affected versions:

  • <= 3.0.2

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