Critical severity · published Aug 10, 2026
CVE-2026-72904
Firecrawl: Arbitrary file read via JSON Schema $ref expansion
9.3
CVSS
0.5%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Firecrawl turns entire websites into LLM-ready markdown or structured data. Prior to 2.11.32, a critical arbitrary file read vulnerability exists in Firecrawl's extraction functionality due to unsafe schema dereferencing of user-supplied JSON schemas in apps/api/src/lib/extract/helpers/dereference-schema.ts. The affected code invokes the json-schema-ref-parser dependency with default resolver settings, allowing external and local file references to be resolved during schema processing. An authenticated attacker can supply a malicious schema containing a $ref within default, const, or enum fields that are not traversed by AJV validation. By triggering a dereference error, file contents from the extract worker filesystem may be included in persisted error messages returned through the extraction API, enabling arbitrary file reads and SSRF against internal or external HTTP endpoints. This issue is fixed in version 2.11.32.
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.5% · higher than 40% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
FI
firecrawl · firecrawl
< 2.11.32 · source: vendor
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-72904
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-72904
github.com
https://github.com/firecrawl/firecrawl/commit/053630fc5203df91b707a6a523e33db5896a1ee8
github.com
https://github.com/firecrawl/firecrawl/security/advisories/GHSA-3p54-jg6f-68r8
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