CVE-2026-43979
5.0 MEDIUMLocal Deep Research is an AI-powered research assistant for deep, iterative research
Published: 2026-05-28 · Last updated: 2026-06-01
Severity and scoring
- CVSS
- 5.0 MEDIUM
- Vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:N
- CWE
- CWE-79, CWE-918
Description
Local Deep Research is an AI-powered research assistant for deep, iterative research. Prior to 1.6.0, PDFService._markdown_to_html() constructs an HTML document by interpolating user-controlled values — specifically title (sourced from research.title or research.query) and metadata key-value pairs — directly into an f-string without any HTML escaping. An authenticated attacker can craft a research query containing HTML special characters to inject arbitrary HTML tags into the document processed by WeasyPrint during PDF export. This injection can be chained to trigger a Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF), bypassing the application's existing SSRF defenses in ssrf_validator.py. This vulnerability is fixed in 1.6.0.
Source: NVD
References
- [NVD]https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-43979
- [Other]https://github.com/LearningCircuit/local-deep-research/pull/3082
- [Other]https://github.com/LearningCircuit/local-deep-research/pull/3613
- [Other]https://github.com/LearningCircuit/local-deep-research/security/advisories/GHSA-fj2m-qvh9-jq4q
- [Other]https://github.com/LearningCircuit/local-deep-research/security/advisories/GHSA-fj2m-qvh9-jq4q
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