oasdiff is a command-line and Go package that compares and detects breaking changes in OpenAPI specs. From version 1.13.2 through version 1.18.0, oasdiff did not enforce --allow-external-refs=false (library: openapi3.Loader.IsExternalRefsAllowed = false) when loading a spec from a git revision (the rev:path form, e.g. main:openapi.yaml). External $refs were resolved on that load path even when external refs were explicitly disabled, so the mitigation silently did not apply there. This issue has been patched in version 1.18.1.

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Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-2jcc-mxv7-p3f9 oasdiff does not enforce --allow-external-refs=false on the git-revision load path (SSRF / local file read)
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Mon, 31 Aug 2026 21:45:00 +0000

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Description oasdiff is a command-line and Go package that compares and detects breaking changes in OpenAPI specs. From version 1.13.2 through version 1.18.0, oasdiff did not enforce --allow-external-refs=false (library: openapi3.Loader.IsExternalRefsAllowed = false) when loading a spec from a git revision (the rev:path form, e.g. main:openapi.yaml). External $refs were resolved on that load path even when external refs were explicitly disabled, so the mitigation silently did not apply there. This issue has been patched in version 1.18.1.
Title oasdiff does not enforce --allow-external-refs=false on the git-revision load path (SSRF / local file read)
Weaknesses CWE-693
CWE-73
CWE-918
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Metrics cvssV4_0

{'score': 6, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:P/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

Published:

Updated: 2026-08-31T18:58:08.849Z

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

Link: CVE-2026-53508

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-08-31T19:16:50.030

Modified: 2026-08-31T19:16:50.030

Link: CVE-2026-53508

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Updated: 2026-08-31T21:20:23Z

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