CVE-2026-39376

FastFeedParser has an infinite redirect loop DoS via meta-refresh chain

Published Apr 7, 2026 CVSS 3.1 · 7.5 High EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
FastFeedParser is a high performance RSS, Atom and RDF parser. Prior to 0.5.10, when parse() fetches a URL that returns an HTML page containing a <meta http-equiv="refresh"> tag, it recursively calls itself with the redirect URL — with no depth limit, no visited-URL deduplication, and no redirect count cap. An attacker-controlled server that returns an infinite chain of HTML meta-refresh responses causes unbounded recursion, exhausting the Python call stack and crashing the process. This vulnerability can also be chained with the companion SSRF issue to reach internal network targets after bypassing the initial URL check. This vulnerability is fixed in 0.5.10.

Remediation

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-4gx2-pc4f-wq37 FastFeedParser has an infinite redirect loop DoS via meta-refresh chain
History
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First Time appeared Kagi
Kagi fastfeedparser
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:kagi:fastfeedparser:*:*:*:*:*:python:*:*
Vendors & Products Kagi
Kagi fastfeedparser
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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

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First Time appeared Kagisearch
Kagisearch fastfeedparser
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Description FastFeedParser is a high performance RSS, Atom and RDF parser. Prior to 0.5.10, when parse() fetches a URL that returns an HTML page containing a <meta http-equiv="refresh"> tag, it recursively calls itself with the redirect URL — with no depth limit, no visited-URL deduplication, and no redirect count cap. An attacker-controlled server that returns an infinite chain of HTML meta-refresh responses causes unbounded recursion, exhausting the Python call stack and crashing the process. This vulnerability can also be chained with the companion SSRF issue to reach internal network targets after bypassing the initial URL check. This vulnerability is fixed in 0.5.10.
Title FastFeedParser has an infinite redirect loop DoS via meta-refresh chain
Weaknesses CWE-674
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}

Weaknesses

Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
GitHub_M
Published
Updated
Apr 8, 2026, 7:22 PM
Reserved
Apr 6, 2026, 9:29 PM
Status
Analyzed
Published
Apr 7, 2026, 8:16 PM
Modified
Jul 24, 2026, 9:10 PM