Possible SSRF via Gatsby _gatsby File Proxy Endpoint

PremiumReviewedSigma · Medium · v1
Category
webserver
Author
HuntRule
Published
2026-09-07
Updated
2026-09-07

ATT&CK techniques

Initial Access → Cred Access
  1. Recon

  2. Resource Dev

  3. Execution

  4. Persistence

  5. Priv Esc

  6. Defense Evasion

  7. Discovery

  8. Lateral Movement

  9. Collection

  10. C2

  11. Exfiltration

  12. Impact

What it detects

This rule detects HTTP requests to the Gatsby /_gatsby/file remote file proxy carrying an absolute URL or a cloud metadata target. Assetnote research showed this static site generator proxy can be coerced into server-side request forgery against internal services and the cloud metadata endpoint.

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Detection content is published as a reviewed draft. Tune thresholds and exclusions against your own telemetry before enabling this rule for alerting.