Description
Thumbor is an open-source photo thumbnail service by globo.com. Prior to 7.8.0, the ALLOWED_SOURCES configuration passes plain strings to re.match() without escaping dots, so a hostname differing at dot positions can match the allowlist. This issue is fixed in 7.8.0.
Published: 2026-07-31
Score: 8.2 High
EPSS: n/a
KEV: No
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Source ID Title
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-6x26-6r6f-m537 Thumbor treats ALLOWED_SOURCES string patterns as unescaped regex, allowing hostname bypass via wildcard dot
History

Fri, 31 Jul 2026 18:45:00 +0000

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Description Thumbor is an open-source photo thumbnail service by globo.com. Prior to 7.8.0, the ALLOWED_SOURCES configuration passes plain strings to re.match() without escaping dots, so a hostname differing at dot positions can match the allowlist. This issue is fixed in 7.8.0.
Title Thumbor treats ALLOWED_SOURCES string patterns as unescaped regex, allowing hostname bypass via wildcard dot
Weaknesses CWE-918
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 8.2, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:L'}

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Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

Published:

Updated: 2026-07-31T18:35:54.234Z

Reserved: 2026-06-09T17:05:25.059Z

Link: CVE-2026-53500

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