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.

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Attack Requirements None

User Interaction None

Vulnerable System Confidentiality Impact Low

Vulnerable System Integrity Impact Low

Vulnerable System Availability Impact Low

Subsequent System Confidentiality Impact None

Subsequent System Integrity Impact None

Subsequent System Availability Impact None

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact Low

User Interaction None

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact Low

User Interaction None

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

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NASA earthdata-search affected
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1.0.0 affected —

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References
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https://github.com/natanmorette-thoropass/thoropass-vuln-research-program/tree/main/2026/Unauthenticated%20Scale%20Image%20SSRF cve-icon cve-icon
https://vuldb.com/cve/CVE-2026-82801 cve-icon cve-icon
https://vuldb.com/submit/881731 cve-icon cve-icon
https://vuldb.com/vuln/397222 cve-icon cve-icon
https://vuldb.com/vuln/397222/cti cve-icon cve-icon
History

Mon, 31 Aug 2026 15:15:00 +0000

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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.
Title NASA earthdata-search scale Endpoint handler.js scaleImage server-side request forgery
First Time appeared Nasa
Nasa earthdata-search
Weaknesses CWE-918
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:nasa:earthdata-search:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Nasa
Nasa earthdata-search
References
Metrics cvssV2_0

{'score': 7.5, 'vector': 'AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P/E:POC/RL:ND/RC:UR'}

cvssV3_0

{'score': 7.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L/E:P/RL:X/RC:R'}

cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.3, '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'}

cvssV4_0

{'score': 6.9, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P'}

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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: VulDB

Published:

Updated: 2026-08-31T17:56:25.791Z

Reserved: 2026-08-31T04:21:35.438Z

Link: CVE-2026-82801

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-08-31T15:18:19.680

Modified: 2026-08-31T15:18:19.680

Link: CVE-2026-82801

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Updated: 2026-08-31T16:45:03Z

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