Google · Google Chrome · CVE-2026-33081
**Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions**
PinchTab versions 0.8.2 and below
**Description**
PinchTab, a standalone HTTP server providing AI agents control over a Chrome browser, contains a Blind Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) condition in the '/download' endpoint. The `validateDownloadURL()` function only validates the initial URL provided by the user. However, the embedded Chromium browser can follow attacker-controlled redirects and navigations to internal network addresses after this initial validation. An attacker-controlled page can use JavaScript redirects or resource requests to make the browser access internal services from the PinchTab host, resulting in a blind SSRF against internal-only services. Exploitation requires `security.allowDownload=true` to be enabled, which is disabled by default, limiting real-world impact. The issue allows bypassing the /download URL validation and causing the embedded Chromium browser to make requests to internal network services, potentially interacting with sensitive services or cloud metadata endpoints. The `/download` endpoint validates only the initial URL provided by the user using `validateDownloadURL()` to prevent requests to internal or private network addresses. The validation is only applied to the initial URL and not to subsequent browser-issued request targets.
**Recommendations**
Versions prior to 0.8.3: Apply the same URL safety policy to every browser-issued request in the `/download` flow, not only the initial user-supplied URL, and block requests to loopback, private, link-local, and other non-public network ranges inside the Chromium browser context.