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CVE-2026-54491: Koel: Incomplete fix for CVE-2026-47260 — systemic SSRF in podcast & radio fetch paths

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.1 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2026-08-19 · updated 2026-10-26
• Weakness: CWE-918

Description

Koel is a free, open-source music streaming solution. Prior to 9.7.1, outbound podcast and radio fetch paths perform a point-in-time App\Helpers\Network::isPublicHost() or isSafeUrl() check without pinning the validated address, and most paths lack redirect-hop validation and do not revalidate every redirect target. PhanAn\Poddle\Poddle::fromUrl(), PodcastService::getStreamableUrl(), PodcastService::isPodcastObsolete(), App\Rules\HasAudioContentType, and App\Rules\SafeUrl can therefore follow an attacker-controlled redirect to an internal address or connect after DNS rebinding changes a public resolution to a private one. These paths are reachable through podcast and radio APIs, including createPodcastChannel, createInternetRadioStation, refreshPodcasts, apiResource podcasts, and radio/stations, allowing an authenticated user to request internal services or cloud metadata and potentially receive parsed or streamed response content. This issue is fixed in version 9.7.1.

Affected products

• koel: before 9.7.1

References

• https://github.com/koel/koel/commit/5f6ce2cefd08f437a269236b677ad971517ccbb6
• https://github.com/koel/koel/commit/c264a3d52513a83b21e1cc3a20e895caea97fc4a
• https://github.com/koel/koel/pull/2546
• https://github.com/koel/koel/pull/2549
• https://github.com/koel/koel/releases/tag/v9.7.1
• https://github.com/koel/koel/security/advisories/GHSA-6qvr-wjmv-v8mm
• https://github.com/koel/koel/security/advisories/GHSA-6qvr-wjmv-v8mm

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