Vulnerability · Published Mar 16, 2023 · Assigned by mitre
CVE-2023-28155
Medium 6.1
In plain English
A medium-severity security flaw in the node-request package (Debian). There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.7% (higher than 54% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.
Severity (CVSS NVD)6.1Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.7%top 45.9% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
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.
Affected packages & fixed versions
| Ecosystem | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian:12 | node-request | no fix listed | DEBIAN-CVE-2023-28155 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | node-request | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2023-28155 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | node-request | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2023-28155 |
| npm | @cypress/request | 3.0.0 | GHSA-p8p7-x288-28g6 |
| npm | request | no fix listed | GHSA-p8p7-x288-28g6 |