RAGAS has SSRF via Multi-Modal Faithfulness Collections Module
Date: 2026-04
Affected: pip/ragas
Attack vector: ssrf
Category: vulnerability-disclosure
Severity: High
CVE: CVE-2025-45691
CVE-2026-6587
CWE: CWE-22
CWE-770
CWE-918
CVSS: 6.3 (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L)

A security flaw has been discovered in vibrantlabsai RAGAS up to 0.4.3. The affected element is the function _try_process_local_file/_try_process_url of the file src/ragas/metrics/collections/multi_modal_faithfulness/util.py of the component Collections Module. Performing a manipulation of the argument retrieved_contexts results in server-side request forgery. The attack can be initiated remotely. The exploit has been released to the public and may be used for attacks. The security patch for CVE-2025-45691 was applied to a different module only. The vendor was contacted early about this disclosure but did not respond in any way.


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