Server-Side Request Forgery in private-ip

Description

Insufficient RegEx in private-ip npm package v1.0.5 and below insufficiently filters reserved IP ranges resulting in indeterminate SSRF.

Recommendation

Update the private-ip package to the latest compatible version. Followings are version details:

• Affected version(s): < 2.0.0
• Patched version(s): 2.0.0

References

• GHSA-43ch-2h55-2vj7
• johnjhacking.com
• www.npmjs.com
• CVE-2020-28360
• CWE-918
• CAPEC-310
• OWASP 2021-A10
• OWASP 2021-A6

Related Issues

• private-ip vulnerable to Server-Side Request Forgery - CVE-2025-8020
• Axios vulnerable to Server-Side Request Forgery - CVE-2020-28168
• Server-Side Request Forgery in @uppy/companion - @uppy/companion - CVE-2020-8135
• Server-Side Request Forgery in @uppy/companion - CVE-2020-8205

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npm

private-ip