css_parser is a Ruby CSS parser. From 2.2.0 until 3.0.0, CssParser::Parser#read_remote_file in lib/css_parser/parser.rb, and therefore load_uri! and the @import-following branch of add_block!, issued HTTP and HTTPS requests against any host, port, and URI without a scheme allowlist, host or IP filtering, or protection against link-local, loopback, or RFC-1918 addresses. Location: redirects were followed recursively back into the same function, which also serviced file:// URIs, so a single attacker-controlled HTTP redirect could upgrade the bug from SSRF to arbitrary local file disclosure. Any consumer of css_parser that hands it attacker-influenced CSS together with a base_uri: option is exposed. This issue is fixed in version 3.0.0.
Fix
Patch, vendor advisory and mitigation references on NVD 4
- https://github.com/premailer/css_parser/commit/7d2ddf0189cd54b54f378f59daefa10cb036e476 Patch
- https://github.com/premailer/css_parser/commit/e0a151458b2a801ae265ba420862ef8b1127b3ae Patch
- https://github.com/premailer/css_parser/security/advisories/GHSA-9pmc-p236-855h Exploit, Mitigation, Vendor Advisory
- https://github.com/premailer/css_parser/security/advisories/GHSA-9pmc-p236-855h Exploit, Mitigation, Vendor Advisory
Every line above is quoted from NVD, CISA, Microsoft, the vendor's own advisory or DISA; nothing is generated.
Change history 1
- First seenCVSS 8.9 · premailerNVD modified 2026-10-24 20:10
Affected (CPE criteria) 1
cpe:2.3:a:premailer:css_parser:2.2.0:*:*:*:*:ruby:*:*
References 5
- https://github.com/premailer/css_parser/commit/7d2ddf0189cd54b54f378f59daefa10cb036e476 Patch
- https://github.com/premailer/css_parser/commit/e0a151458b2a801ae265ba420862ef8b1127b3ae Patch
- https://github.com/premailer/css_parser/releases/tag/v3.0.0 Product
- https://github.com/premailer/css_parser/security/advisories/GHSA-9pmc-p236-855h Exploit, Mitigation, Vendor Advisory
- https://github.com/premailer/css_parser/security/advisories/GHSA-9pmc-p236-855h Exploit, Mitigation, Vendor Advisory