Vulnerability · Published Aug 31, 2026 · Assigned by VulDB

CVE-2026-82801NASA earthdata-search scale Endpoint handler.js scaleImage server-side request forgery

High 7.3

In plain English

A high-severity server-side request forgery in earthdata-search from NASA. Proof-of-concept exploit code is public. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.5% (higher than 41% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)7.3High

Exploit odds (30 days)0.5%top 59.0% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: poc

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

A vulnerability was detected in NASA earthdata-search 1.0.0. Affected by this vulnerability is the function scaleImage of the file serverless/src/scaleImage/handler.js of the component scale Endpoint. Performing a manipulation results in server-side request forgery. The attack can be initiated remotely. The exploit is now public and may be used. The vendor was contacted early about this disclosure but did not respond in any way.

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
NASA	earthdata-search	1.0.0

Weakness: CWE-918 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L/E:P/RL:X/RC:R

References

VDB-397222 | NASA earthdata-search scale Endpoint handler.js scaleImage server-side request forgery vdb-entry, technical-description
VDB-397222 | CTI Indicators (IOB, IOC, IOA) signature, permissions-required
CVE-2026-82801 | CVE Analysis and Report third-party-advisory
Submit #881731 | Nasa earthdata-search 1.0.0 Access to Critical Private Variable via Public Method third-party-advisory
https://github.com/natanmorette-thoropass/thoropass-vuln-research-program/tree/main/2026/Unauthenticated%20Scale%20Image%20SSRF exploit