Evidence-led vulnerability intelligence · 2026-11-02 23:48 IST

CVE-2026-120416

A security vulnerability has been detected in AndyFactory newspaper4k up to 0.9.6. This affects the function Article.parse of the file newspaper/extractors/image_extractor.py of the component Image Extractor. Such manipulation leads to server-side request forgery. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. Upgrading to version 0.9.6.1 mitigates this issue. The name of the patch is eec5fab21897c14667c98f5ba1831ebd3a692dd4. Upgrading the affected component is advised. The vendor was contacted early, responded in a very professional manner and quickly released a fixed version of the affected product.

MEDIUM · 6.9

Executive briefing

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Assessment: Potential exposure only — validate product, version, configuration and vendor applicability.

Evidence confidence: Not assessed Evidence-derived, not an exploitability verdict

Severity & attack characteristics

6.9 / 10 · 4.0

CVSS vector:
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X

Attack vectorN
Attack complexityL
Attack requirementsN
Privileges requiredN
User interactionN
ScopeX

Technical explanation & impact

Technical root-cause details are not available in the current source record.

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Affected products and versions

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Remediation & validation

  1. Identify exposure by comparing the affected product and version ranges with your asset inventory, SBOM and externally exposed services.
  2. Review the linked vendor security advisory or patch notes. Upgrade to a vendor-confirmed fixed release; do not infer a fixed version from the CVE description.
  3. Until patched, consider restricting network access or disabling the affected feature where operationally safe. These are temporary controls, not a substitute for a vendor fix.
  4. Validate the remediation with a version check and vulnerability rescan, then retain change evidence.

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Vendor advisories, patches & exploit references

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