CVE-2023-28155 (Medium) detected in request-2.88.2.tgz - autoclosed

[mend-for-github-com]

CVE-2023-28155 - Medium Severity Vulnerability

Vulnerable Library - request-2.88.2.tgz

Simplified HTTP request client.

Library home page: https://registry.npmjs.org/request/-/request-2.88.2.tgz

Path to dependency file: /package.json

Path to vulnerable library: /node_modules/request/package.json

Dependency Hierarchy:

• jsdom-16.5.0.tgz (Root Library)
  • ❌ request-2.88.2.tgz (Vulnerable Library)

Found in base branch: main

Vulnerability Details

** UNSUPPORTED WHEN ASSIGNED ** 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.

[vamsi-amazon]

The main PR in requests module is still in progress: request/request#3444
Need to pull the latest version once that is closed.

[mend-for-github-com]

✔️ This issue was automatically closed by Mend because the vulnerable library in the specific branch(es) was either marked as ignored or it is no longer part of the Mend inventory.