Agent SSRF to cloud metadata / file inclusion via unvalidated fetch URL

An agent tool fetches an attacker-controlled URL with no scheme allowlist or private-network block, letting it reach cloud-metadata endpoints (credential theft), local files via file://, or SSRF-only schemes (gopher/dict). Detects those unambiguous internal targets. Generalizes across CVE-2026-40150/40160 (PraisonAIAgents), CVE-2026-7817 (pgAdmin), CVE-2026-45401 (Open WebUI).

Response Actions

References

1. 01

   Fetch targets a cloud-metadata IP/host, a file:// system path, or a gopher/dict SSRF scheme

   field: contentop: regex

Attack Examples (Rule Triggers)

1. web_crawl("http://169.254.169.254/latest/meta-data/iam/security-credentials/")

2. api_url=http://metadata.google.internal/computeMetadata/v1/instance/

3. fetch("file:///etc/passwd")

4. gopher://127.0.0.1:6379/_FLUSHALL

Real-world attack payloads (sanitized). Used for regression testing.

Benign Examples (Rule Doesn't Trigger)

1. benign sample 1

   fetch("https://api.openai.com/v1/chat/completions")

2. benign sample 2

   url = "http://localhost:8000/health"

3. benign sample 3

   open("/etc/hostname")

4. benign sample 4

   crawl("https://example.com/blog")

title: Agent SSRF to cloud metadata / file inclusion via unvalidated fetch URL
id: ATR-2026-00568
rule_version: 1
status: experimental
description: An agent tool fetches an attacker-controlled URL with no scheme allowlist or private-network block, letting it reach cloud-metadata endpoints (credential theft), local files via file://, or SSRF-only schemes (gopher/dict). Detects those unambiguous internal targets. Generalizes across CVE-2026-40150/40160 (PraisonAIAgents), CVE-2026-7817 (pgAdmin), CVE-2026-45401 (Open WebUI).
author: ATR Community
date: 2026/06/02
schema_version: '0.1'
detection_tier: pattern
maturity: experimental
severity: high
references:
  cve:
  - CVE-2026-40150
  - CVE-2026-40160
  - CVE-2026-7817
  - CVE-2026-45401
  cwe:
  - CWE-918
  - CWE-552
  external:
  - https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-40150
metadata_provenance:
  cve: human-authored
  cwe: human-authored
tags:
  category: tool-poisoning
  scan_target: runtime
  confidence: high
agent_source:
  type: llm_io
  framework:
  - any
  provider:
  - any
detection:
  condition: any
  false_positives: []
  conditions:
  - field: content
    operator: regex
    value: (?i)(?:169\.254\.169\.254|metadata\.google\.internal|100\.100\.100\.200|fd00:ec2::254)(?:[:/]|\b)|\bfile://(?:/?(?:etc|proc|root|home|var/run|sys)/)|\bgopher://|\bdict://
    description: Fetch targets a cloud-metadata IP/host, a file:// system path, or a gopher/dict SSRF scheme
response:
  actions:
  - alert
  notify:
  - security_team
test_cases:
  true_positives:
  - input: web_crawl("http://169.254.169.254/latest/meta-data/iam/security-credentials/")
    expected: triggered
    description: attack sample 1
  - input: api_url=http://metadata.google.internal/computeMetadata/v1/instance/
    expected: triggered
    description: attack sample 2
  - input: fetch("file:///etc/passwd")
    expected: triggered
    description: attack sample 3
  - input: gopher://127.0.0.1:6379/_FLUSHALL
    expected: triggered
    description: attack sample 4
  true_negatives:
  - input: fetch("https://api.openai.com/v1/chat/completions")
    expected: not_triggered
    description: benign sample 1
  - input: url = "http://localhost:8000/health"
    expected: not_triggered
    description: benign sample 2
  - input: open("/etc/hostname")
    expected: not_triggered
    description: benign sample 3
  - input: crawl("https://example.com/blog")
    expected: not_triggered
    description: benign sample 4