{"id":"CVE-2023-40017","aliases":["GHSA-rmxg-6qqf-x8mr","PYSEC-2023-269"],"url":"https://o3.security/vulnerability/CVE-2023-40017","summary":"Geonode Server Side Request Forgery vulnerability","details":"### Summary\nA server side request forgery vuln was found within geonode when testing on a bug bounty program. Server side request forgery allows a user to request information on the internal service/services.\n\n### Details\nThe endpoint /proxy/?url= does not properly protect against SSRF. when using the following format you can request internal hosts and display data. /proxy/?url=http://169.254.169.254\\@whitelistedIPhere. This will state wether the AWS internal IP is alive. If you get a 404, the host is alive. A non alive host will not display a response. To display metadata, use a hashfrag on the url /proxy/?url=http://169.254.169.254\\@#whitelisteddomain.com or try   /proxy/?url=http://169.254.169.254\\@%23whitelisteddomain.com\n\n### Impact\nPort scan internal hosts, and request information from internal hosts.\n","published":"2023-08-24T22:45:48.502Z","modified":"2026-08-12T03:51:42.651735148Z","cvss":{"score":7.5,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N"},"epss":null,"cisaKev":null,"exploitsKnown":1,"affectedPackages":[{"ecosystem":"PyPI","name":"geonode","fixedVersion":"4.2.0"}],"fix":{"url":"https://github.com/GeoNode/geonode/commit/a9eebae80cb362009660a1fd49e105e7cdb499b9","label":"GeoNode/geonode@a9eebae"},"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2023/40xxx/CVE-2023-40017.json"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://github.com/GeoNode/geonode/security/advisories/GHSA-rmxg-6qqf-x8mr"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-40017"},{"type":"FIX","url":"https://github.com/GeoNode/geonode/commit/a9eebae80cb362009660a1fd49e105e7cdb499b9"},{"type":"PACKAGE","url":"https://github.com/GeoNode/geonode"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/geonode/PYSEC-2023-269.yaml"}],"provenance":{"sources":["OSV.dev","FIRST.org (EPSS)"],"lastVerified":"2026-08-12T03:51:42.651735148Z"}}