CVE-2026-71428

unstructured: Server-Side Request Forgery in the URL-based partitioning

Published Aug 20, 2026 CVSS 3.1 · 9.3 Critical EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
The unstructured library provides open-source components for ingesting and pre-processing images and text documents, such as PDFs, HTML, Word docs, and many more. From 0.4.7 until 0.24.0, the url argument of partition, partition_html, and partition_md is fetched without host validation in unstructured/partition/auto.py, unstructured/partition/html/partition.py, and unstructured/partition/md.py. An attacker who controls that URL can make a server-side ingestion service request loopback addresses, internal HTTP services, or cloud metadata endpoints through direct targets, redirects, or DNS rebinding. The response body is returned as Element text, allowing internal response disclosure, and side-effecting GET endpoints may also be triggered. This issue is fixed in version 0.24.0.

Remediation

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-4mvj-m6j5-pmf7 unstructured: Server-Side Request Forgery in the URL-based partitioning
History
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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 Unstructured-io
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Vendors & Products Unstructured-io
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Description The unstructured library provides open-source components for ingesting and pre-processing images and text documents, such as PDFs, HTML, Word docs, and many more. From 0.4.7 until 0.24.0, the url argument of partition, partition_html, and partition_md is fetched without host validation in unstructured/partition/auto.py, unstructured/partition/html/partition.py, and unstructured/partition/md.py. An attacker who controls that URL can make a server-side ingestion service request loopback addresses, internal HTTP services, or cloud metadata endpoints through direct targets, redirects, or DNS rebinding. The response body is returned as Element text, allowing internal response disclosure, and side-effecting GET endpoints may also be triggered. This issue is fixed in version 0.24.0.
Title unstructured: Server-Side Request Forgery in the URL-based partitioning
Weaknesses CWE-601
CWE-918
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 9.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:N'}

Weaknesses

Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
GitHub_M
Published
Updated
Aug 25, 2026, 3:05 PM
Reserved
Aug 6, 2026, 4:28 PM
Status
Deferred
Published
Aug 20, 2026, 5:19 PM
Modified
Oct 18, 2026, 8:10 PM