ssrf
Server-Side Request Forgery: forcing the server to make internal requests or hit cloud metadata.
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Server-Side Request Forgery: forcing the server to make internal requests or hit cloud metadata.
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4Headless browsers — SSRF and RCE in endpoints that render URLs
Endpoints that accept URLs for screenshots/PDF (Puppeteer, Playwright, wkhtmltopdf) are an SSRF goldmine: cloud metadata, file://, gopher://, JS injection with XSS-to-RCE in the chromium sandbox.
Next.js attack surface 2026 — middleware bypass, internal SSRF, RSC abuse
Next.js 13-16 specific vulnerabilities: middleware bypass with manipulated headers, SSRF in API routes, RSC (React Server Components) data leak, image optimization SSRF.
SSRF — complete bypasses: localhost, IPv6, decimal, DNS and cloud metadata
11 techniques to bypass SSRF validation: enclosed alphanumeric, decimal IP, dot bypass, DNS rebinding, parameter pollution. Cloud metadata AWS/GCP/Azure.
SSRF — localhost bypasses, DNS rebinding, cloud metadata, gopher://
A complete catalog of SSRF bypasses in 2026: IP encodings (decimal, hex, octal, dword), DNS rebinding, IPv6 abuse, cloud metadata (AWS IMDSv2, GCP, Azure), gopher:// for chaining to Redis/Memcached RCE.
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