Headroom's LLM proxy lets a client choose the upstream destination with the x-headroom-base-url request header. _resolve_openai_upstream_base in headroom/proxy/handlers/openai.py accepts the header value, requires only that it parse with an http or https scheme and a hostname, and returns it for use as the upstream base; _select_passthrough_base_url in headroom/providers/proxy_routes.py reads the same header for the passthrough routes. No check rejects loopback, link-local, or RFC 1918 destinations, and because the component is a proxy the upstream response is returned to the caller, so the request reaches internal services and cloud metadata addresses and their responses are disclosed. The Authorization header accompanying the request is forwarded unchanged to the caller-designated host. The pip console script binds 127.0.0.1 by default, but the reference docker-compose.yml ships --host 0.0.0.0 with published ports and no required HEADROOM_PROXY_TOKEN, which the server itself warns about at startup, so a deployment following the shipped compose exposes the affected data-plane routes to the network without authentication.
CVE-2026-77775
This high-severity CVE scores 8.6 under a secondary CVSS source (NVD's own analysis pending). EPSS exploit-prediction score not yet available (the EPSS model rescores nightly; freshly-published CVEs typically appear within 48 hours). GitHub Security Advisory data not yet ingested — confidence will rise once GHSA publishes (typical lag: hours to days for open-source ecosystem CVEs; never for infrastructure-only CVEs).
- High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
No vendor fix yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for a patch.
- CVSS v3
- 8.6
- EG Score
- 8.6(low)
- EG Risk
- 54(Track)EG Risk 54/100SSVC: Track
EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).
How it’s computedSeverity86% × 45%Exploitation0% × 40%Automatability100% × 15%Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence. - EPSS PROB
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- KEV
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Published
August 21, 2026
Last Modified
August 21, 2026
Advisory Details (5)
Auto-updated Aug 21, 2026Headroom Proxy Sends Upstream Requests to a Client-Supplied Base URL Without Address Validation | Advisories | VulnCheck
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/headroom-proxy-sends-upstream-requests-to-a-client-supplied-base-url-without-address-validationGitHub - headroomlabs-ai/headroom: Compress tool outputs, logs, files, and RAG chunks before they reach the LLM. 20% fewer tokens for coding agents, 60-95% fewer tokens for JSON, same answers. Library, proxy, MCP server. · GitHub
https://github.com/headroomlabs-ai/headroomheadroom/headroom/proxy/upstream_guard.py at v0.36.1 · headroomlabs-ai/headroom · GitHub
https://github.com/headroomlabs-ai/headroom/blob/v0.36.1/headroom/proxy/upstream_guard.pyheadroom/headroom/proxy/handlers/openai.py at v0.29.0 · headroomlabs-ai/headroom · GitHub
https://github.com/headroomlabs-ai/headroom/blob/v0.29.0/headroom/proxy/handlers/openai.pysecurity: address u9up assessment findings (WEB-01–07)
Fix merged in headroomlabs-ai/headroom PR #2207 on 2026-08-20 — awaiting tagged release
https://github.com/headroomlabs-ai/headroom/pull/2207Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-77775(1)
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Weakness Classification(1)
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Data Freshness Timeline
(refreshed 4× in last 7d / 4× in last 30d)
Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.
- 2026-08-21 12:19 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-08-21 11:55 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-08-21 11:30 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-08-21 11:29 UTCMITRE cvelistV5first tracked
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