Getting Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) (CWE ID 918) restTemplate.getForEntity

Question

I am using restTemplate for synchronous inter-service communication in a microservices architecture.

When we completed Veracode scan, we are getting Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) (CWE ID 918) in getForEntity method.

restTemplate.getForEntity(URL, Entity.class);

Not sure why I am getting this SSRF issue?.
What would be the possible fix for this?

Answer 1

I have fixed this issue by build the URL using UriComponents before using it in restTemplate.

UriComponents uriComponents = UriComponentsBuilder.newInstance()
  .scheme("http").host("www.yourdomain.com").path("/yourPath").build();

Please refer this link to use UriComponents https://www.baeldung.com/spring-uricomponentsbuilder