Link Preview JS extracts web links information. Prior to 4.0.1, the library did not check for IPv6 loopback attacks. There was also a DNS attack, where an address could be resolved into an internal IP. This could cause internal data leaks. This vulnerability is fixed in 4.0.1.
Advisories
Source ID Title
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-4gp8-rjrq-ch6q link-preview-js vulnerable to IPv6 and internal loopback attacks
Fixes

Solution

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Workaround

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History

Tue, 12 May 2026 17:30:00 +0000

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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Tue, 12 May 2026 10:45:00 +0000

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First Time appeared Op-engineering
Op-engineering link-preview-js
Vendors & Products Op-engineering
Op-engineering link-preview-js

Mon, 11 May 2026 22:00:00 +0000

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Description Link Preview JS extracts web links information. Prior to 4.0.1, the library did not check for IPv6 loopback attacks. There was also a DNS attack, where an address could be resolved into an internal IP. This could cause internal data leaks. This vulnerability is fixed in 4.0.1.
Title Link Preview JS: vunerable to IPv6 and internal loopback attacks
Weaknesses CWE-918
References
Metrics cvssV4_0

{'score': 8.7, 'vector': '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'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

Published:

Updated: 2026-05-12T16:40:05.641Z

Reserved: 2026-05-04T16:11:33.085Z

Link: CVE-2026-43897

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-05-12T16:39:59.770Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2026-05-11T22:22:14.207

Modified: 2026-05-13T18:27:58.823

Link: CVE-2026-43897

cve-icon Redhat

No data.

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-05-12T09:22:19Z

Weaknesses