Vulnerability · Published Aug 21, 2026 · Assigned by GitHub_M
CVE-2026-55185Miniflux 2: Open Redirect Bypass
Medium 5.1
In plain English
A medium-severity open redirect in v2 from miniflux. Proof-of-concept exploit code is public. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.6% (higher than 47% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.
Official description
Miniflux 2 is an open source feed reader. Prior to 2.3.1, IsRelativePath in internal/urllib/url.go accepts redirect targets containing backslashes because Go URL parsing treats them as path characters. Browser backslash normalization converts them to forward slashes. An unauthenticated attacker can provide such a redirect_url value to the login flow, bypass the relative-path and host checks, and redirect a victim to an attacker-controlled external site. This issue is fixed in version 2.3.1.
Affected packages & fixed versions
| Ecosystem | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian:13 | miniflux | no fix listed | DEBIAN-CVE-2026-55185 |
| Debian:14 | miniflux | 2.3.2-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2026-55185 |
| Go | miniflux.app | no fix listed | GO-2026-5500 |
| Go | miniflux.app/v2 | 2.3.1 | GHSA-m999-j542-5w3r |
| Go | miniflux.app/v2 | 2.3.1 | GO-2026-5500 |
Affected products (as reported)
Weakness: CWE-601 · Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
References
- https://github.com/miniflux/v2/security/advisories/GHSA-m999-j542-5w3r x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://github.com/miniflux/v2/pull/4362 x_refsource_MISC
- https://github.com/miniflux/v2/commit/c896bafdaa19c3f280b02b1059f84706495f1949 x_refsource_MISC
- https://github.com/miniflux/v2/releases/tag/2.3.1 x_refsource_MISC