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Critical severityNVD Advisory· Published Jun 27, 2022· Updated Aug 3, 2024

Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) in ionicabizau/parse-url

CVE-2022-2216

Description

Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) in parse-url npm package before 7.0.0 allows attacker to make requests to internal networks.

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Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) in parse-url npm package before 7.0.0 allows attacker to make requests to internal networks.

Vulnerability

The parse-url npm package prior to version 7.0.0 is vulnerable to Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) due to improper handling of URLs, allowing an attacker to craft URLs that cause the server to make requests to internal networks [1][2].

Exploitation

An attacker can exploit this vulnerability by submitting a specially crafted URL to an application that uses parse-url to parse it. No authentication is required if the parsing endpoint is public. The crafted URL can include internal IP addresses or DNS names, causing the server to make requests to internal systems [1][3].

Impact

Successful exploitation allows an attacker to perform SSRF attacks, potentially leading to information disclosure, internal network reconnaissance, or accessing internal services not intended to be exposed [1][3].

Mitigation

The vulnerability is fixed in parse-url version 7.0.0. Users should upgrade to this version or later. No workarounds are mentioned in the references [1][2].

AI Insight generated on May 21, 2026. Synthesized from this CVE's description and the cited reference URLs; citations are validated against the source bundle.

Affected packages

Versions sourced from the GitHub Security Advisory.

PackageAffected versionsPatched versions
parse-urlnpm
< 6.0.16.0.1

Affected products

3

Patches

1
21c72ab94122

Refactor codebase, upgrade dependencies

https://github.com/ionicabizau/parse-urlIonică BizăuJun 27, 2022via ghsa
3 files changed · +54 26
  • lib/index.js+33 12 modified
    @@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
     "use strict"
     
    +// Dependencies
     const parsePath = require("parse-path")
         , normalizeUrl = require("normalize-url")
     
    +
     /**
      * parseUrl
      * Parses the input url.
    @@ -12,7 +14,7 @@ const parsePath = require("parse-path")
      * @name parseUrl
      * @function
      * @param {String} url The input url.
    - * @param {Boolean|Object} normalize Wheter to normalize the url or not.
    + * @param {Boolean|Object} normalize Whether to normalize the url or not.
      *                         Default is `false`. If `true`, the url will
      *                         be normalized. If an object, it will be the
      *                         options object sent to [`normalize-url`](https://github.com/sindresorhus/normalize-url).
    @@ -21,21 +23,26 @@ const parsePath = require("parse-path")
      *
      * @return {Object} An object containing the following fields:
      *
    - *  - `protocols` (Array): An array with the url protocols (usually it has one element).
    - *  - `protocol` (String): The first protocol, `"ssh"` (if the url is a ssh url) or `"file"`.
    - *  - `port` (null|Number): The domain port.
    - *  - `resource` (String): The url domain (including subdomains).
    - *  - `user` (String): The authentication user (usually for ssh urls).
    - *  - `pathname` (String): The url pathname.
    - *  - `hash` (String): The url hash.
    - *  - `search` (String): The url querystring value.
    - *  - `href` (String): The input url.
    - *  - `query` (Object): The url querystring, parsed as object.
    + *    - `protocols` (Array): An array with the url protocols (usually it has one element).
    + *    - `protocol` (String): The first protocol, `"ssh"` (if the url is a ssh url) or `"file"`.
    + *    - `port` (null|Number): The domain port.
    + *    - `resource` (String): The url domain (including subdomains).
    + *    - `user` (String): The authentication user (usually for ssh urls).
    + *    - `pathname` (String): The url pathname.
    + *    - `hash` (String): The url hash.
    + *    - `search` (String): The url querystring value.
    + *    - `href` (String): The input url.
    + *    - `query` (Object): The url querystring, parsed as object.
      */
    -function parseUrl(url, normalize = false) {
    +const parseUrl = (url, normalize = false) => {
    +
    +    // Constants
    +    const GIT_RE = /((git@|http(s)?:\/\/)([\w\.@]+)(\/|:))(([\~,\w,\-,\_,\/]+)(.git){0,1}((\/){0,1}))/
    +
         if (typeof url !== "string" || !url.trim()) {
             throw new Error("Invalid url.")
         }
    +
         if (normalize) {
             if (typeof normalize !== "object") {
                 normalize = {
    @@ -44,7 +51,21 @@ function parseUrl(url, normalize = false) {
             }
             url = normalizeUrl(url, normalize)
         }
    +
         const parsed = parsePath(url)
    +
    +    // Potential git-ssh urls
    +    if (parsed.protocol === "file") {
    +        const matched  = parsed.href.match(GIT_RE)
    +        if (matched) {
    +            parsed.protocols = ["ssh"]
    +            parsed.protocol = "ssh"
    +            parsed.resource = matched[4]
    +            parsed.user = "git"
    +            parsed.pathname = `/${matched[6]}`
    +        }
    +    }
    +
         return parsed;
     }
     
    
  • package.json+4 4 modified
    @@ -31,10 +31,10 @@
         "tester": "^1.3.1"
       },
       "dependencies": {
    -    "is-ssh": "^1.3.0",
    +    "is-ssh": "^1.4.0",
         "normalize-url": "^6.1.0",
    -    "parse-path": "^4.0.4",
    -    "protocols": "^1.4.0"
    +    "parse-path": "^5.0.0",
    +    "protocols": "^2.0.1"
       },
       "files": [
         "bin/",
    @@ -56,4 +56,4 @@
           "For low-level path parsing, check out [`parse-path`](https://github.com/IonicaBizau/parse-path). This very module is designed to parse urls. By default the urls are normalized."
         ]
       }
    -}
    \ No newline at end of file
    +}
    
  • test/index.js+17 10 modified
    @@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
     const parseUrl = require("../lib")
         , tester = require("tester")
         , normalizeUrl = require("normalize-url")
    -    , qs = require("querystring")
         ;
     
     const INPUTS = [
    @@ -11,77 +10,83 @@ const INPUTS = [
           , {
                 protocols: [ "http" ]
               , protocol: "http"
    -          , port: null
    +          , port: ""
               , resource: "ionicabizau.net"
               , user: ""
               , pathname: "/blog"
               , hash: ""
               , search: ""
    +          , query: {}
             }
         ]
       , [
             "//ionicabizau.net/foo.js"
           , {
                 protocols: ["http"]
               , protocol: "http"
    -          , port: null
    +          , port: ""
               , resource: "ionicabizau.net"
               , user: ""
               , pathname: "/foo.js"
               , hash: ""
               , search: ""
    +          , query: {}
             }
         ]
       , [
             "http://domain.com/path/name#some-hash?foo=bar"
           , {
                 protocols: ["http"]
               , protocol: "http"
    -          , port: null
    +          , port: ""
               , resource: "domain.com"
               , user: ""
               , pathname: "/path/name"
               , hash: "some-hash?foo=bar"
               , search: ""
    +          , query: {}
             }
         ]
       , [
             ["git+ssh://git@host.xz/path/name.git", false]
           , {
                 protocols: ["git", "ssh"]
               , protocol: "git"
    -          , port: null
    +          , port: ""
               , resource: "host.xz"
               , user: "git"
               , pathname: "/path/name.git"
               , hash: ""
               , search: ""
    +          , query: {}
             }
         ]
       , [
             ["git@github.com:IonicaBizau/git-stats.git", false]
           , {
    -            protocols: []
    +            protocols: ["ssh"]
               , protocol: "ssh"
    -          , port: null
    +          , port: ""
               , resource: "github.com"
               , user: "git"
               , pathname: "/IonicaBizau/git-stats.git"
               , hash: ""
               , search: ""
    +          , query: {}
             }
         ]
       , [
             ["http://ionicabizau.net/with-true-normalize", true]
           , {
                 protocols: [ "http" ]
               , protocol: "http"
    -          , port: null
    +          , port: ""
               , resource: "ionicabizau.net"
               , user: ""
               , pathname: "/with-true-normalize"
               , hash: ""
               , search: ""
    +          , query: {}
             }
         ]
     ];
    @@ -91,13 +96,15 @@ tester.describe("check urls", test => {
             let url = Array.isArray(c[0]) ? c[0][0] : c[0]
             test.should("support " + url, () => {
                 const res = parseUrl(url, c[0][1] !== false);
    +
                 if (c[0][1] !== false) {
                     url = normalizeUrl(url, {
                         stripHash: false
                     })
                 }
    -            c[1].query = qs.parse(c[1].search)
    -            c[1].href = url
    +
    +            c[1].href = c[1].href || url
    +            c[1].password = c[1].password || ""
                 test.expect(res).toEqual(c[1]);
             });
         });
    

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