CVE-2026-33148

URL Parameter Injection in FDC Food Search API Causes Server Crash and Exposes Internal API Key

MEDIUM
6.5
CVSS Score
Published: March 26, 2026 at 07:04 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 10:37 AM UTC
2 products affected across 2 vendorsRecipesRecipes

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Severity
MEDIUM6.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.5%
SSVC
PoC

Description

Tandoor Recipes is an application for managing recipes, planning meals, and building shopping lists. In versions prior to 2.6.0, the FDC (USDA FoodData Central) search endpoint constructs an upstream API URL by directly interpolating the user-supplied `query` parameter into the URL string without URL-encoding. An attacker can inject additional URL parameters by including `&` characters in the query value. This allows overriding the API key, manipulating upstream query behavior, and causing server crashes (HTTP 500) via malformed requests — a Denial of Service condition. Version 2.6.0 patches the issue.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

v < 2.6.0
Affected range stops below 2.6.0, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
v < 2.6.0
Affected range stops below 2.6.0, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

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No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

References (1)

x_refsource_CONFIRMExploitVendor Advisory
Source: cverecord
https://github.com/TandoorRecipes/recipes/security/advisories/GHSA-43p3-wx6h-9g7w

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCPoCNot automatablePartial impact

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CVSS

6.5MEDIUMGitHub_M
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
NONE
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusANALYZED
CWE
CWE-74

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