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CVE-2026-82268 – Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) – Qwen-Agent ≤ 0.0.34

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Summary

CVE-2026-82268 is a Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) vulnerability in Qwen-Agent, an open-source agent framework built on the Qwen LLM family. The flaw resides in the document parsing path, which treats caller-supplied paths as URLs without any scheme restriction or host validation, allowing unauthenticated remote attackers to force the server to issue HTTP requests to arbitrary internal or external addresses. The issue affects Qwen-Agent through version 0.0.34 and has been assigned a CVSS v4.0 base score of 8.7 (High).

Technical details

  • Root cause: The document parsing logic (qwen_agent/tools/simple_doc_parser.py) accepts caller-supplied file paths and processes them as URLs without validating the scheme (e.g., blocking file://, gopher://, etc.) or verifying that the target host is not an internal/restricted address.
  • Trigger conditions: An attacker submits a crafted document path/URL to the document parsing tool via the exposed, unauthenticated Gradio interface that many Qwen-Agent deployments run by default.
  • Attack vector: Network-based, no authentication or user interaction required (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N per the CVSS v3.1 vector).
  • Impact: The server can be coerced into making requests to arbitrary internal addresses, including cloud metadata services (e.g., AWS/GCP/Azure instance metadata endpoints), potentially exposing sensitive internal data, credentials, or network topology. Retrieved content is returned to the attacker through the parsed document output, resulting in high confidentiality impact with no direct integrity or availability impact.

Affected software

  • Product: Qwen-Agent (qwen-agent PyPI package)
  • Vendor: QwenLM
  • Affected versions: All versions through 0.0.34

Severity

  • CVSS v3.1: 7.5 (High) — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
  • CVSS v4.0: 8.7 (High) — CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Mitigation and recommended actions

  • Immediate: No fixed release version has been published by the vendor at this time. Organizations should monitor the QwenLM/Qwen-Agent GitHub repository and issue tracker for an official patch and upgrade as soon as one becomes available.
  • Workarounds / network mitigations (until a patch is released):
    • Do not expose the Qwen-Agent Gradio interface directly to the internet; place it behind authentication and restrict access via VPN, allow-listing, or a reverse proxy requiring credentials.
    • Block or restrict outbound requests from the Qwen-Agent host to cloud metadata service addresses (e.g., 169.254.169.254) and other internal/private IP ranges using egress firewall rules or an internal proxy with strict allow-listing.
    • Disable or remove the document parsing feature if it is not required for your deployment.
    • Apply network segmentation so the Qwen-Agent host cannot reach sensitive internal services.
    • Monitor logs for anomalous outbound HTTP requests originating from the document parsing tool, particularly requests to internal IP ranges or metadata endpoints.

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