GitHub Advisoryadvisory · npm

GHSA-4gp8-rjrq-ch6q link-preview-js vulnerable to IPv6 and internal loopback attacks

HIGH Published 2026-05-05 Modified 2026-05-13 Official page ↗
Aliases
CVE-2026-43897
Ecosystem
npm
Packages
link-preview-js
Severity
High
CVSS vector
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Weaknesses
CWE-918
Reviewed
2026-05-05

Affected packages

• npm link-preview-js: < 4.0.1 → fixed in 4.0.1

Description

Impact The library did not check for IPv6 loopback attacks. There was also a DNS attack, where an address could be resolved into an internal IP. This could cause internal data leaks. Patches Problem has been patched in version 4.0.1. However, it cannot be completely solved by the package alone. The regex used for validation has been tightened for IPv6 addresses. The DNS resolving, however, is more difficult. The regex has been tightened to prohibit .internal, .local, .nip.io and .sslip.io addresses, however there can be other services not on the list, therefore it is imperative that users use the resolveDNSHost option to do DNS resolution before fetching content. To that regard a (scary) error message has been added when the option is not set. Workarounds Users can do their own validation before fetching content. Reported by https://github.com/Andrew-most-likely

Related

Alias · CVE (1)

  • CVE-2026-43897 Link Preview JS extracts web links information. vulnerability

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-918 Server-Side Request Forgery weakness

References