44/100 CVSS 7.7 🔴 CVE ANALYSISPublished: July 15, 2026

Koel: Authenticated Full-Read SSRF via Subsonic Internet Radio Stations

### Summary Koel v9.6.0 validates radio station URLs on the regular web API, but the Subsonic-compatible radio endpoints do not apply the same SSRF protections. An authenticated user can create or update a radio station with a private URL and then use Koel's radio streaming feature to make the server fetch that URL and return the upstream response ...

7.7

CVSS Score

LOW

Threat Level

Priority /100

TBD

Exploited ITW

Monitor

CISA Status

Sources

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HIGH-PRIORITY SECURITY ADVISORY — Priority Score: 44/100

CVSS 7.7 LOW. SENTINEL APEX recommends immediate patch evaluation. Intelligence from 1 confirmed source(s).

📋 Executive Summary

⚡ Analyst Assessment — SENTINEL APEX v4.0

This report analyzes CVE-2026-54493 affecting composer phanan/koel (CVSS 7.7, LOW severity). No confirmed in-the-wild exploitation at the time of writing; prioritize on exposure, privilege, and CVSS. Corroborated across 1 source(s): github_advisories. Verify all specifics against the primary sources linked below before acting.

Intelligence sources: github_advisories

🧮 Severity Anatomy — CVSS 3.1 vector, decoded from the primary record

The base score summarizes severity in one number; the vector explains why. Each row below is a direct read of the official CVSS vector — verifiable against the NVD record.

Metric	Value	What it means for defenders
Attack Vector	Network `AV:N`	Remotely exploitable across the network — internet-facing instances are directly at risk.
Attack Complexity	Low `AC:L`	No special conditions — reliably repeatable by an attacker.
Privileges Required	Low `PR:L`	Requires basic user-level privileges.
User Interaction	None `UI:N`	No victim action required — fully automatable.
Scope	Changed `S:C`	Impact extends beyond the vulnerable component — can affect other systems/security domains.
Confidentiality Impact	High `C:H`	Total loss of confidentiality — full data disclosure possible.
Integrity Impact	None `I:N`	No integrity impact.
Availability Impact	None `A:N`	No availability impact.

🧬 Weakness Anatomy — CWE-918, the underlying flaw class

This vulnerability is classified as CWE-918: Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) in the primary record. The mechanics below are characteristic of this weakness class (per the MITRE CWE corpus), not a claim about a specific exploit observed against your environment.

How it's exploited	Attacker makes the server issue requests to attacker-chosen targets, reaching internal services or cloud metadata.
Detect & prevent	Allowlist egress destinations; block link-local/metadata IPs; validate URLs. Detect via outbound requests to 169.254.169.254 and internal ranges.

⚠️ Business Impact Analysis

⚠️ Privilege escalation — local attacker can become SYSTEM/root

🔗 Representative Attack Path

A typical attack path for this vulnerability class, mapped to MITRE ATT&CK. This is a representative model to guide detection and defense — not a claim of observed activity against a specific target. Confirm specifics against the primary sources below.

#	Phase	Attacker Action	MITRE
1	Reconnaissance	Attacker identifies exposed phanan/koel instances via Shodan, Censys, or targeted scanning	`TA0043`
2	Initial Access	Exploitation of CVE-2026-54493 in composer phanan/koel	`T1190`
3	Privilege Escalation	Local privilege escalation to SYSTEM/root for full control	`T1068`
4	Persistence	Backdoor, scheduled task, or new admin account created for persistent access	`T1053`
5	Command & Control	Attacker establishes persistent C2 channel using HTTPS or DNS tunneling	`T1071`
6	Impact / Objectives	Intellectual property theft, espionage, cryptomining, or preparation for future attack stage	`T1657`

⚠ Deep Dive Analysis

This high-severity vulnerability in composer phanan/koel (CVSS 7.7) represents a significant attack surface. SENTINEL APEX assesses exploitation to be technically feasible with moderate effort. Organizations running phanan/koel in internet-facing or privileged positions face immediate risk.

SENTINEL APEX URGENCY: ELEVATED. Score: 44/100 LOW. Patch before exploitation activity begins.

🧠 Structured Intelligence Assessment

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✔ Verified Facts

Affected CVE(s): CVE-2026-54493, CVE-2026-54493.
Affected technology: composer phanan/koel.
CVSS base score of 7.7 assigned by an authoritative source.
1 indicator(s) of compromise extracted from source reporting.
1 MITRE ATT&CK technique(s) evidenced in the source material.

🕸️ Correlated Observations

Vendor composer has been targeted in 23 prior CYBERDUDEBIVASH reports (recurring target)

🧩 Analyst Assessments

MEDIUM CONF Technical severity is assessed as high (CVSS 7.7); realized business impact depends on asset exposure and data classification.

❓ Intelligence Gaps

In-the-wild exploitation is unconfirmed as of this report.
Attribution to a specific threat actor is not established by the available evidence.

🔮 Forward Outlook

MEDIUM CONF Given the repeated targeting pattern, further activity against this vendor/sector is probable.

🧬 Prior Intelligence Context

This report is correlated against CYBERDUDEBIVASH SENTINEL APEX's persistent analyst memory. The following entities have been tracked in prior intelligence:

Vendor composer — previously observed 23 times in CYBERDUDEBIVASH intelligence since 2026-07-06 (recent: cve-2026-49273-composer-mantisbt-mantisbt, cve-2026-47142-composer-mantisbt-mantisbt)
ATT&CK technique T1071 — previously observed 19 times in CYBERDUDEBIVASH intelligence since 2026-07-06 (recent: need-help-reverse-engineering-an-android-apk-used-in-a-upi-f, runtime-detection-for-ecs-ec2-what-are-people-actually-usin)

🎯 MITRE ATT&CK Mapping

Category	Mapping
Primary Tactic	Collection
Primary Technique	T1213 — Data from Information Repositories
Sub-Technique	T1190 — Exploit Public-Facing Application
Weakness (CWE)	CWE-918
Intel Type	🔴 CVE ANALYSIS
Source(s)	github_advisories

🔴 CVE Reference

CVE ID	Reference	Score
CVE-2026-54493	NVD →	7.7
CVE-2026-54493	NVD →	7.7

🏷️ Indicators of Compromise — Enriched IOC Feed

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Indicator Value	Type	Confidence	First Seen
352ea5ec27fa22294da8fb6beacb3d5552f0d09c	sha1	90%	2026-07-15

🔍 Detection Rules — Sigma (SIEM)

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Sigma YAMLtitle: CVE-2026-54493 Exploitation Attempt — composer phanan/koel
id: fdde177807317bb6-d00b
status: experimental
description: Detects exploitation of CVE-2026-54493 in composer phanan/koel. Priority: LOW. Score: 44/100
author: CYBERDUDEBIVASH SENTINEL APEX v4.0 (bivash@cyberdudebivash.com)
date: 2026-07-15
references:
    - https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-54493
    - https://blog.cyberdudebivash.in/
tags:
    - attack.initial_access
    - attack.t1190
    - cve-2026-54493
    - cve-2026-54493
logsource:
    category: webserver
detection:
    keywords:
        - 'CVE-2026-54493'
        - 'CVE-2026-54493'
        - 'cve-2026-54493'
    condition: keywords
falsepositives:
    - Security scanners
level: medium

📡 Detection Rules — YARA (Endpoint)

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YARArule CVE_2026_54493_Exploitation {
    meta:
        description = "Detects artifacts related to CVE-2026-54493 exploitation in composer phanan/koel"
        author      = "CYBERDUDEBIVASH SENTINEL APEX v4.0"
        date        = "2026-07-15"
        severity    = "HIGH"
        cvss        = "7.7"
        priority    = "44/100"
        threat_level = "LOW"
        reference   = "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-54493"
    strings:
        $id_str  = "CVE-2026-54493" ascii nocase
        $product = "phanan_koel" ascii nocase wide
    condition:
        any of them
}

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🏛 Executive Advisory — CISO / Security Leadership

Affected CVE(s): CVE-2026-54493, CVE-2026-54493.
Affected technology: composer phanan/koel.
CVSS base score of 7.7 assigned by an authoritative source.
1 indicator(s) of compromise extracted from source reporting.

Owner	Decision	Timeline
CISO / SOC Lead	Authorize response activation and detection deployment	Within 24h
Vulnerability Mgmt	Prioritize remediation/patching of composer assets	Within 7 days
Legal / Privacy	Assess regulatory notification obligations if in-scope data is at risk	Within 48h

📋 Board Brief

A high-severity cyber threat affects composer phanan/koel.
Technical severity is rated 7.7/10.
Primary exposure is operational disruption, data loss, and potential regulatory liability (e.g. GDPR, NIS2, DORA, SOC 2) where in-scope systems are affected.
Mitigation depends on vendor guidance and compensating controls.
Recommended posture: authorize prioritized remediation and confirm detection coverage with the security team.

🛡 SOC Bulletin

Severity HIGH · Detection coverage: 0 technique(s) across behavioral analytics · 0 network rule(s)

P0: Block all 1 IOC(s) at firewall, proxy, DNS, and EDR simultaneously.
P1: Sweep 14 days of telemetry for the mapped ATT&CK techniques.
P2: Update threat-intel platform and downstream detection feeds with confirmed indicators.

🔭 Threat Hunting Guide

T1071 — Application Layer Protocol: Hunt for application layer protocol activity (command-and-control); evidence basis: e body. This was validated against v9.6.0 (352ea5ec27fa22294da8fb6beacb3d5552f0d09c) using the officia

⎋ Machine-readable intelligence: this report is available as a structured JSON package (MITRE ATT&CK, IOCs, multi-platform detections, analyst assessments) at /api/intel/products/cve-2026-54493-composer-phanan-koel.json — built for SIEM, SOAR, and MSSP integration.

🛡️ SOC Response Playbook

1IMMEDIATE (0-1hr): Identify all instances of phanan/koel in your environment via CMDB/asset inventory
2IMMEDIATE: Block all 1 IOCs in this report at firewall, proxy, DNS, and EDR simultaneously
3IMMEDIATE (0-1hr): Apply vendor patch — no maintenance window exception for LOW threats
4IMMEDIATE (1-2hr): If no patch available: implement WAF rules, ACLs, or network-level compensating controls
5SHORT-TERM (2-4hr): Deploy Sigma detection rule to SIEM — validate alert generation in test environment
6SHORT-TERM (4-8hr): Review logs for exploitation indicators (anomalous phanan/koel requests, error spikes)
7SHORT-TERM (8-24hr): Hunt for post-exploitation: new admin accounts, scheduled tasks, lateral movement
8MONITOR: Subscribe to composer security advisories for patch updates
9ONGOING: Track SENTINEL APEX intelligence feed for follow-on campaigns targeting phanan/koel

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Report ID: SENTINEL-CVE-2026-54493-2026-07-15 | Priority: 44/100 LOW | Sources: 1
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