CVE-2026-48736: Symfony: IpUtils::PRIVATE_SUBNETS Omits IPv6 Transition Forms (6to4, NAT64, Teredo, IPv4-compatible): SSRF Bypass in NoPrivateNetworkHttpClient
Symfony\Component\HttpClient\NoPrivateNetworkHttpClient is documented as a decorator that blocks requests to private networks by default. The list of blocked subnets (Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\IpUtils::PRIVATE_SUBNETS on 6.4+, a private constant in NoPrivateNetworkHttpClient on 5.4) enumerates RFC1918, loopback, link-local and IPv4-mapped IPv6 (::ffff:0:0/96) prefixes, but omits the remaining IPv6 transition forms that can embed a private IPv4 destination: 6to4 (2002::/16, RFC 3056), Teredo (2001::/32, RFC 4380), NAT64 (64:ff9b::/96, RFC 6052 and 64:ff9b:1::/48, RFC 8215) and IPv4-compatible IPv6 (::/96, RFC 4291 §2.5.5.1).
IpUtils::checkIp6() is a pure bitwise CIDR comparison against the constants list and never extracts the embedded IPv4, so an attacker who can supply a URL writes the loopback / RFC1918 IPv4 target as e.g. http://[2002:7f00:1::]/ (6to4 → 127.0.0.1), http://[64:ff9b::7f00:1]/ (NAT64 → 127.0.0.1), http://[::7f00:1]/ (IPv4-compatible → 127.0.0.1) or http://[2001::1]/ (Teredo). IpUtils::isPrivateIp() returns false and NoPrivateNetworkHttpClient dispatches the request.
Real-world reachability of the embedded IPv4 depends on the deploy’s IPv6 routing (6to4 tunnel interface, upstream NAT64 gateway, kernel handling of IPv4-compatible addresses), but the security boundary the decorator promises — the dispatch decision — is crossed regardless of whether the packet ultimately lands on the embedded IPv4.
References
- github.com/FriendsOfPHP/security-advisories/blob/master/symfony/http-client/CVE-2026-48736.yaml
- github.com/FriendsOfPHP/security-advisories/blob/master/symfony/http-foundation/CVE-2026-48736.yaml
- github.com/FriendsOfPHP/security-advisories/blob/master/symfony/symfony/CVE-2026-48736.yaml
- github.com/advisories/GHSA-38cx-cq6f-5755
- github.com/symfony/symfony/commit/82765368cf74177c36613575182f168a2eb765b2
- github.com/symfony/symfony/commit/85b831555be8ea1f43bf01078afe87bc4c92f65e
- github.com/symfony/symfony/security/advisories/GHSA-38cx-cq6f-5755
- nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-48736
- symfony.com/cve-2026-48736
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