CVE-2020-8135 — @uppy/companion
CRITICALCVE-2020-8135 is a critical-severity (CVSS 9.8) Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) vulnerability in @uppy/companion. 1 public exploit reference exists, so weaponization risk is real. A fix is available for @uppy/companion — see the affected versions and patch details below.
Server-Side Request Forgery in @uppy/companion
EPSS Exploitation Probability
Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, from FIRST.org EPSS.
How urgent is this, really
CVE-2020-8135 by exploitation likelihood (EPSS) against impact (CVSS). Outside the shaded patch-first corner.
Where this sits among everything scored
Of 385,738 CVEs with a current EPSS score, this one falls in the < 10% band (highlighted). Counts from FIRST.org, log-scaled.
Real-World Exposure
How broadly this vulnerability is actually deployed: weekly install volume shows current usage, and reverse-dependency count shows how many other packages break if it stays unpatched.
@uppy/companionnpmDescription
Versions of @uppy/companion prior to 1.9.3 are vulnerable to Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF). The get route passes the user-controlled variable req.body.url to a GET request without sanitizing the value. This allows attackers to inject arbitrary URLs and make GET requests on behalf of the server.
Recommendation
Upgrade to version 1.9.3 or later.
Affected Packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Vulnerable range | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|
| 📦npm | @uppy/companion | all versions | 1.9.3npm install @uppy/companion@1.9.3 |
Affected Products
uppyuppyResearch use only. For defensive security, authorized penetration testing, and academic research only. Never execute exploit code against systems without explicit written authorization.
Detection & mitigation playbook
Open-source dependencyDetect
Scan your dependency tree (package-lock.json, pnpm-lock.yaml, requirements.txt, go.sum, etc.) for @uppy/companion, including transitive dependencies — a direct dependency you never call can still pull in a vulnerable version.
Fix
Update @uppy/companion to 1.9.3 or later, then make sure no transitive (indirect) dependency still pins the vulnerable range — O3 confirms CVE-2020-8135 is resolved across your whole dependency graph.
Workarounds
Restrict outbound requests from the affected component to an allowlist of hosts, block access to link-local and internal address ranges at the network layer, and require authentication on internal services so a forged request cannot reach them unauthenticated.
Frequently Asked Questions
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