CVE-2026-69198
Description
A flaw was found in ip-address, a JavaScript library for parsing and manipulating IP addresses. By appending a Classless Inter-Domain Routing (CIDR) suffix to an IP address, an attacker can bypass the library's special-use classification methods. This misclassification can lead applications, such as those designed to prevent Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF), to incorrectly treat internal network targets as external. Consequently, an attacker may be able to access internal resources or bypass other network trust-boundary checks.
Statement
Red Hat products that ship the affected ip-address library versions use it in browser-side UI components for IP address display and form validation, not for server-side request filtering or SSRF protection. The classification bypass has no security-relevant effect in this context because no trust-boundary decisions are built on these client-side checks.
Mitigation
Validate and sanitize CIDR suffixes on IP address input before passing them to the ip-address library. Reject any user-supplied address where the prefix length is outside the valid range for the address family (0-32 for IPv4, 0-128 for IPv6) or where the prefix length contradicts the intended classification check. Applications that rely on ip-address for SSRF filtering should add an independent server-side check that does not depend on the library's classification methods.
Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) Score Details
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CVSS v3 Score Breakdown
| Red Hat | NVD | cve.org | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base Score | 5.3 | N/A | N/A |
| Attack Vector | Network | N/A | N/A |
| Attack Complexity | Low | N/A | N/A |
| Privileges Required | None | N/A | N/A |
| User Interaction | None | N/A | N/A |
| Scope | Unchanged | N/A | N/A |
| Confidentiality | Low | N/A | N/A |
| Integrity Impact | None | N/A | N/A |
| Availability Impact | None | N/A | N/A |
Vector
Red Hat: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
Understanding the Weakness (CWE)
Confidentiality
Technical Impact: Read Application Data
An attacker may use an unexpected numerical base to access private application resources.
Integrity
Technical Impact: Bypass Protection Mechanism; Alter Execution Logic
An attacker may use an unexpected numerical base to bypass or manipulate access control mechanisms.
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