Open Redirect in url-parse

Description

Versions of url-parse before 1.4.3 returns the wrong hostname which could lead to Open Redirect, Server Side Request Forgery (SSRF), or Bypass Authentication Protocol vulnerabilities.

Recommendation

Update the url-parse package to the latest compatible version. Followings are version details:

• Affected version(s): >= 1.0.0, < 1.4.3
• Patched version(s): 1.4.3

References

• GHSA-pv4c-p2j5-38j4
• hackerone.com
• CVE-2018-3774
• CWE-425
• CAPEC-310
• OWASP 2021-A1
• OWASP 2021-A6

Related Issues

• Open redirect in url-parse - url-parse - CVE-2021-3664
• Saltcorn: Open Redirect in `POST /auth/login` due to incomplete `is_relative_url` validation (backslash bypass) - CVE-2026-42259
• Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key in url-parse - CVE-2022-0686
• url-parse Incorrectly parses URLs that include an '@ - CVE-2022-0639

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Tags:

npm

url-parse