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CVE-2022-0512: Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key in unshiftio/url-parse

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.3 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2022-02-14 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-639

Description

Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key in NPM url-parse prior to 1.5.6.

Affected products

• unshiftio/url-parse: before 1.5.6 — fixed in 1.5.6
• Npm Url-Parse: from 0.1.0 before 1.5.6 — fixed in 1.5.6

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: unshiftio/url-parse 1.5.6; Npm Url-Parse 1.5.6. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://github.com/unshiftio/url-parse/commit/9be7ee88afd2bb04e4d5a1a8da9a389ac13f8c40
• https://huntr.dev/bounties/6d1bc51f-1876-4f5b-a2c2-734e09e8e05b
• https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/02/msg00030.html
• https://github.com/unshiftio/url-parse/commit/9be7ee88afd2bb04e4d5a1a8da9a389ac13f8c40
• https://huntr.dev/bounties/6d1bc51f-1876-4f5b-a2c2-734e09e8e05b
• https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/02/msg00030.html

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