Vulnerabilities / CVE-2018-3774

critical

CVE-2018-3774

nodejs-url-parse: incorrect hostname in url parsing

Published Modified CWE 425, 601, 918
In the Trivy database since at least 24 Oct 2026, 07:11 UTCWhen it arrived before that build is not recorded.

Severity by source

NVD10.0CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
GHSA10.0CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Red Hat9.8CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Trivy's own label is CRITICAL. Rated critical by NVD, GHSA. Rated lower by Red Hat (high), Node.js Security WG (high), Ubuntu (medium).

Description

Incorrect parsing in url-parse <1.4.3 returns wrong hostname which leads to multiple vulnerabilities such as SSRF, Open Redirect, Bypass Authentication Protocol.

Affected packages and fixed versions

SourcePackageFixed in
npm::GitHub Security Advisory npmurl-parse1.4.3
debian 11node-url-parse1.2.0-2
debian 12node-url-parse1.2.0-2
debian 13node-url-parse1.2.0-2
debian 14node-url-parse1.2.0-2
debian 9node-url-parse1.0.5-2+deb9u1
echonode-url-parse1.2.0-2
npm::Node.js Ecosystem Security Working Groupurl-parse>=1.4.3
ubuntu 16.04-ESMnode-url-parse1.0.5-2ubuntu0.1~esm2
ubuntu 18.04node-url-parse1.2.0-1ubuntu0.1
ubuntu 18.04-ESMnode-url-parse1.2.0-1ubuntu0.1

References

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