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CVE-2022-0639: 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: 1.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2022-02-17 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-639

Description

Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key in NPM url-parse prior to 1.5.7.

Affected products

• unshiftio/url-parse: before 1.5.7 — fixed in 1.5.7
• Npm Url-Parse: from 1.0.0 before 1.5.7 — fixed in 1.5.7

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: unshiftio/url-parse 1.5.7; Npm Url-Parse 1.5.7. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://github.com/unshiftio/url-parse/commit/ef45a1355375a8244063793a19059b4f62fc8788
• https://huntr.dev/bounties/83a6bc9a-b542-4a38-82cd-d995a1481155
• https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/02/msg00030.html
• https://github.com/unshiftio/url-parse/commit/ef45a1355375a8244063793a19059b4f62fc8788
• https://huntr.dev/bounties/83a6bc9a-b542-4a38-82cd-d995a1481155
• https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/02/msg00030.html
• https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/12/msg00024.html

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