CVE-2023-28155 (Medium) detected in request-2.79.0.tgz, request-2.81.0.tgz

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CVE-2023-28155 - Medium Severity Vulnerability

Vulnerable Libraries - request-2.79.0.tgz, request-2.81.0.tgz

request-2.79.0.tgz

Simplified HTTP request client.

Library home page: https://registry.npmjs.org/request/-/request-2.79.0.tgz

Path to dependency file: /vendor/github.com/hashicorp/vault/ui/package.json

Path to vulnerable library: /vendor/github.com/hashicorp/vault/ui/node_modules/request/package.json

Dependency Hierarchy:

• ember-cli-favicon-1.0.0-beta.4.tgz (Root Library)
  • broccoli-favicon-1.0.0.tgz
    • favicons-4.8.6.tgz
      • svg2png-3.0.1.tgz
        • phantomjs-prebuilt-2.1.14.tgz
          • ❌ request-2.79.0.tgz (Vulnerable Library)

request-2.81.0.tgz

Simplified HTTP request client.

Library home page: https://registry.npmjs.org/request/-/request-2.81.0.tgz

Path to dependency file: /vendor/github.com/hashicorp/vault/ui/package.json

Path to vulnerable library: /vendor/github.com/hashicorp/vault/ui/node_modules/request/package.json

Dependency Hierarchy:

• ember-cli-qunit-4.0.0.tgz (Root Library)
  • qunitjs-2.4.0.tgz
    • chokidar-1.6.1.tgz
      • fsevents-1.1.2.tgz
        • node-pre-gyp-0.6.36.tgz
          • ❌ request-2.81.0.tgz (Vulnerable Library)

Found in HEAD commit: 9060713df80212ee5546b36d1083fb607520eb0b

Found in base branch: master

Vulnerability Details

The Request package through 2.88.1 for Node.js allows a bypass of SSRF mitigations via an attacker-controller server that does a cross-protocol redirect (HTTP to HTTPS, or HTTPS to HTTP). NOTE: This vulnerability only affects products that are no longer supported by the maintainer.

Publish Date: 2023-03-16

URL: CVE-2023-28155

CVSS 3 Score Details (6.1)

Base Score Metrics:

• Exploitability Metrics:
  • Attack Vector: Network
  • Attack Complexity: Low
  • Privileges Required: None
  • User Interaction: Required
  • Scope: Changed
• Impact Metrics:
  • Confidentiality Impact: Low
  • Integrity Impact: Low
  • Availability Impact: None

For more information on CVSS3 Scores, click here.

Suggested Fix

Type: Upgrade version

Origin: GHSA-p8p7-x288-28g6

Release Date: 2023-03-16

Fix Resolution: @cypress/request - 3.0.0

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