CVE-2026-53727

css_parser: SSRF and Local File Disclosure in `CssParser::Parser#read_remote_file`

Published Jul 17, 2026 CVSS 4.0 · 8.9 High EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
css_parser is a Ruby CSS parser. From 2.2.0 until 3.0.0, CssParser::Parser#read_remote_file in lib/css_parser/parser.rb, and therefore load_uri! and the @import-following branch of add_block!, issued HTTP and HTTPS requests against any host, port, and URI without a scheme allowlist, host or IP filtering, or protection against link-local, loopback, or RFC-1918 addresses. Location: redirects were followed recursively back into the same function, which also serviced file:// URIs, so a single attacker-controlled HTTP redirect could upgrade the bug from SSRF to arbitrary local file disclosure. Any consumer of css_parser that hands it attacker-influenced CSS together with a base_uri: option is exposed. This issue is fixed in version 3.0.0.

Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-9pmc-p236-855h Ruby CSS Parser: SSRF and Local File Disclosure in `CssParser::Parser#read_remote_file`
History
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CPEs cpe:2.3:a:premailer:css_parser:2.2.0:*:*:*:*:ruby:*:*
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References
Metrics threat_severity

None

cvssV3_1

{'score': 8.6, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N'}

threat_severity

Important

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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

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First Time appeared Premailer
Premailer css Parser
Vendors & Products Premailer
Premailer css Parser
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Description css_parser is a Ruby CSS parser. From 2.2.0 until 3.0.0, CssParser::Parser#read_remote_file in lib/css_parser/parser.rb, and therefore load_uri! and the @import-following branch of add_block!, issued HTTP and HTTPS requests against any host, port, and URI without a scheme allowlist, host or IP filtering, or protection against link-local, loopback, or RFC-1918 addresses. Location: redirects were followed recursively back into the same function, which also serviced file:// URIs, so a single attacker-controlled HTTP redirect could upgrade the bug from SSRF to arbitrary local file disclosure. Any consumer of css_parser that hands it attacker-influenced CSS together with a base_uri: option is exposed. This issue is fixed in version 3.0.0.
Title css_parser: SSRF and Local File Disclosure in `CssParser::Parser#read_remote_file`
Weaknesses CWE-918
References
Metrics cvssV4_0

{'score': 8.9, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:H/SI:N/SA:N'}

Weaknesses

Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
GitHub_M
Published
Updated
Jul 20, 2026, 1:48 PM
Reserved
Jun 10, 2026, 4:43 PM
Status
Analyzed
Published
Jul 17, 2026, 9:17 PM
Modified
Oct 24, 2026, 8:10 PM
Severity
Important
Public date
Jul 17, 2026, 8:30 PM