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Nitter - Server-Side Request Forgery in /video Media Proxy Endpoint

Type: advisorySources: OSV

Nitter's /video media proxy endpoint fails to validate target URLs against Twitter/X domains and uses a hardcoded default HMAC key, allowing unauthenticated attackers to compute valid HMACs for arbitrary URLs. Attackers can retrieve HTTP responses from any host reachable by the server, including cloud metadata services and internal network resources.

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Affected versions
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Fixed versions
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CVEs
CVE-2026-56285
Confirmed fixed CVEs
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Updated in this feed
3 Nov 2026, 16:18 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

Nitter - Server-Side Request Forgery in /video Media Proxy Endpoint

core-osv · Original source

Published 29 Jun 2026, 17:13 UTC

Nitter's /video media proxy endpoint fails to validate target URLs against Twitter/X domains and uses a hardcoded default HMAC key, allowing unauthenticated attackers to compute valid HMACs for arbitrary URLs. Attackers can retrieve HTTP responses from any host reachable by the server, including cloud metadata services and internal network resources.

osv:CVE-2026-56285
Complete source record
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