CVE-2026-34443 PUBLISHED

FreeScout: SSRF protection bypass via broken CIDR check in checkIpByMask()

Assigner: GitHub_M
Reserved: 27.03.2026 Published: 31.03.2026 Updated: 31.03.2026

FreeScout is a free help desk and shared inbox built with PHP's Laravel framework. Prior to version 1.8.211, checkIpByMask() in app/Misc/Helper.php checks whether the input IP contains a / character. Plain IP addresses never contain /, so the function always returns false without checking any CIDR ranges. The entire 10.0.0.0/8 and 172.16.0.0/12 private ranges are unprotected. This issue has been patched in version 1.8.211.

Metrics

CVSS Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
CVSS Score: 6.9

Product Status

Vendor freescout-help-desk
Product freescout
Versions
  • Version < 1.8.211 is affected

References

Problem Types

  • CWE-918: Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) CWE