GHSA-558p-m34m-vpmq is a critical-severity (CVSS 9.1) CWE-522 vulnerability in typed-rest-client. O3 Security confirms whether GHSA-558p-m34m-vpmq is actually reachable in your code before you act, and blocks exploitation at runtime until you patch.
Potential leak of authentication data to 3rd parties
Real-World Exposure
How broadly this vulnerability is actually deployed: weekly install volume shows current usage, a proxy for how much of the ecosystem is exposed.
typed-rest-clientnpmDescription
Impact
Users of typed-rest-client library version 1.7.3 or lower are vulnerable to leak authentication data to 3rd parties.
The flow of the vulnerability is as follows:
- Send any request with
BasicCredentialHandler,BearerCredentialHandlerorPersonalAccessTokenCredentialHandler - The target host may return a redirection (3xx), with a link to a second host.
- The next request will use the credentials to authenticate with the second host, by setting the
Authorizationheader.
The expected behavior is that the next request will NOT set the Authorization header.
Patches
The problem was fixed on April 1st 2020.
Workarounds
There is no workaround.
References
This is similar to the following issues in nature:
- HTTP authentication leak in redirects - I used the same solution as CURL did.
- CVE-2018-1000007.
Affected Packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Vulnerable range | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|
| 📦npm | typed-rest-client | all versions | 1.8.0 |
Detection & mitigation playbook
Open-source dependencyDetect
Scan your dependency tree (package-lock.json, pnpm-lock.yaml, requirements.txt, go.sum, etc.) for typed-rest-client. O3's reachability analysis confirms whether the vulnerable code path is actually invoked in your application, so you act on real exposure instead of every transitive match.
Fix
Update typed-rest-client to 1.8.0 or later, then make sure no transitive (indirect) dependency still pins the vulnerable range — O3 confirms GHSA-558p-m34m-vpmq is resolved across your whole dependency graph.
Workarounds
If you can't upgrade right away: gate or disable the affected feature, validate untrusted input at the boundary, and avoid passing attacker-controlled data into the vulnerable path. O3's runtime protection blocks exploitation in production as an interim safeguard until the upgrade lands.
How O3 protects you
O3 pinpoints whether GHSA-558p-m34m-vpmq is reachable in your code and exactly where to fix it, then blocks exploitation in production at runtime until the patched version is deployed.
Tailored to GHSA-558p-m34m-vpmq. Runtime protection reduces exposure until a permanent patch is applied and verified — it complements patching, it doesn't replace it.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is GHSA-558p-m34m-vpmq in your dependencies?
O3 detects GHSA-558p-m34m-vpmq across npm dependencies and uses function-level reachability to confirm whether the vulnerable code path is actually reachable — not just present. No false positives.