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IP address leak via image proxy bypass in Zulip Server

Published Aug 31, 2022

Description

Zulip is an open-source team collaboration tool with topic-based threading that combines email and chat. When displaying messages with embedded remote images, Zulip normally loads the image preview via a go-camo proxy server. However, an attacker who can send messages could include a crafted URL that tricks the server into embedding a remote image reference directly. This could allow the attacker to infer the viewer’s IP address and browser fingerprinting information. This vulnerability is fixed in Zulip Server 5.6. Zulip organizations with image and link previews [disabled](https://zulip.com/help/allow-image-link-previews) are not affected.

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Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED
Assigner GitHub_M
Published Aug 31, 2022
Updated Apr 23, 2025
Reserved Jul 15, 2022

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated Apr 23, 2025

NVD

Status Modified
Modified Jun 17, 2026

Red Hat

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ENISA EUVD

Assigner GitHub_M
Published Aug 31, 2022
Updated Apr 23, 2025

GitHub

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