# CVE-2026-85614: OpenPanel unauthenticated SSRF in site-checker

Source: https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2026-85614-openpanel-unauthenticated-ssrf-in-site-checker  
Publisher: Junglewise Threat Intelligence, https://junglewise.ai/threats  
Published: 2026-09-04. Updated: 2026-09-26  
License: CC BY 4.0 with a link back

CVE-2026-85614 · Severity: high · CVSS 8.6 · Published 2026-09-04

OpenPanel is a self-hosted control panel for managing web infrastructure. The site-checker endpoint allows any unauthenticated attacker to make the OpenPanel server fetch arbitrary URLs, including internal services and cloud metadata endpoints. An attacker can read sensitive information like page titles, HTTP headers, SSL certificates, and internal IP addresses—effectively scanning the internal network without authentication.

Technologies: [OpenPanel](https://junglewise.ai/threats/technologies/openpanel). Vendors: [OpenPanel](https://junglewise.ai/threats/vendors/openpanel).

## Quick answers

**Is CVE-2026-85614 exploited in the wild?** No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2026-85614 being exploited in the wild.

**How severe is CVE-2026-85614?** High severity, with a CVSS score of 8.6, published 4 September 2026.

**Which products and versions are affected?** OpenPanel before 2.3.0.

**Is there a fix for CVE-2026-85614?** A patch was published on 2026-09-04: OpenPanel 2.3.0 released with patch Junglewise finds every place you run it, drafts the upgrade and applies it once you approve.

**How is CVE-2026-85614 attacked?** It is attacked over the network.

**Am I affected by CVE-2026-85614?** Check whether you run OpenPanel at an affected version. Junglewise does that check for you around the clock: connect your code, cloud and domains, and it matches new vulnerabilities like this one against what you actually run and tells you when one reaches you.

## Technical details

The vulnerability is an unauthenticated server-side request forgery (SSRF) in the GET /tools/site-checker endpoint. The endpoint accepts a fully client-controlled URL parameter with only basic URL parsing validation, and lacks private IP filtering, DNS-rebinding protection, and per-hop validation on redirects. An attacker can make the server issue HTTP(S) requests to localhost, internal services, and cloud metadata endpoints (169.254.169.254), with response data (page titles, headers, status codes, SSL issuer/expiry, resolved internal IPs) reflected back in JSON. The handler follows up to 10 redirects manually without re-validating the destination IP, enabling DNS-rebinding attacks. OpenPanel 2.3.0 and later patch this issue by adding private IP validation and resolving then pinning IPs before connection.

## Affected products

- OpenPanel OpenPanel before 2.3.0

## Timeline

- 2026-08-20: disclosed: Security advisory published on GitHub (GHSA-gqcr-xgfj-pq29)
- 2026-09-04: patched: OpenPanel 2.3.0 released with patch

## References

- [https://github.com/Openpanel-dev/openpanel/security/advisories/GHSA-gqcr-xgfj-pq29](https://github.com/Openpanel-dev/openpanel/security/advisories/GHSA-gqcr-xgfj-pq29)
- [https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/openpanel-api-before-2.3.0-unauthenticated-ssrf-via-site-checker](https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/openpanel-api-before-2.3.0-unauthenticated-ssrf-via-site-checker)

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