CVE-2026-120416

A security vulnerability has been detected in AndyFactory newspaper4k up to 0.9.6. This affects the function Article.parse of the file newspaper/extractors/image_extractor.py of the component Image Extractor. Such manipulation leads to server-side request forgery. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. Upgrading to version 0.9.6.1 mitigates this issue. The name of the patch is eec5fab21897c14667c98f5ba1831ebd3a692dd4. Upgrading the affected component is advised. The vendor was contacted early, responded in a very professional manner and quickly released a fixed version of the affected product.

CVSS v3 5.3 MEDIUM
CVSS v2.0 5.0 MEDIUM

5.3^/10

CVSS v3 : MEDIUM

Vector :

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 1.4

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact LOW

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact NONE

Scope UNCHANGED

5.0^/10

CVSS v2.0 : MEDIUM

Vector : AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Exploitability : 10.0 / Impact : 2.9

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact PARTIAL

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact NONE

References

Link	Resource
https://github.com/AndyTheFactory/newspaper4k/commit/eec5fab21897c14667c98f5ba1831ebd3a692dd4
https://github.com/AndyTheFactory/newspaper4k/issues/741
https://github.com/AndyTheFactory/newspaper4k/releases/tag/0.9.6.1
https://pypi.org/project/newspaper4k/0.9.6.1/
https://vuldb.com/cve/CVE-2026-120416
https://vuldb.com/submit/1026136
https://vuldb.com/vuln/429801
https://vuldb.com/vuln/429801/cti

Configurations

No configuration.

History

02 Nov 2026, 18:18

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
New CVE

Information

Published : 2026-11-02 18:18

Updated : 2026-11-02 19:35

NVD link : CVE-2026-120416

Mitre link : CVE-2026-120416

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2026-120416

JSON object : View

Products Affected

No product.

CWE

CWE-918

Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF)

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