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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2020-8902

Rendertron versions prior to 3.0.0 are are susceptible to a Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) attack. An attacker can use a specially crafted webpage to force a rendertron headless chrome process to render internal sites it has access to, and display it as a screenshot. Suggested mitigations are to upgrade your rendertron to version 3.0.0, or, if you cannot update, to secure the infrastructure to limit the headless chrome's access to your internal domain.

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31 Oct 2026, 10:58 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

CVE-2020-8902

core-osv · Original source

Published 23 Feb 2021, 12:15 UTC

Rendertron versions prior to 3.0.0 are are susceptible to a Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) attack. An attacker can use a specially crafted webpage to force a rendertron headless chrome process to render internal sites it has access to, and display it as a screenshot. Suggested mitigations are to upgrade your rendertron to version 3.0.0, or, if you cannot update, to secure the infrastructure to limit the headless chrome's access to your internal domain.

osv:CVE-2020-8902
Complete source record
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  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2020-8902",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
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    "title": "CVE-2020-8902",
    "summary": "Rendertron versions prior to 3.0.0 are are susceptible to a Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) attack. An attacker can use a specially crafted webpage to force a rendertron headless chrome process to render internal sites it has access to, and display it as a screenshot. Suggested mitigations are to upgrade your rendertron to version 3.0.0, or, if you cannot update, to secure the infrastructure to limit the headless chrome's access to your internal domain.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2020-8902",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "medium",
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      "metrics": [
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          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
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              "type": "GIT",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "0"
                },
                {
                  "fixed": "8951beb3890b44a479676f128eb4c77857db6d8c"
                }
              ],
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          ],
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          "database_specific": {
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      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-20T10:52:15.717417757Z",
      "provider": "osv",
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      ],
      "provider_metadata": {}
    },
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    "security_relevant": true,
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  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 383506,
  "published_at": "2021-02-23T12:15:12.6+00:00"
}