GHSA-8mx3-gp3p-vgg7 — http-request
MEDIUMGHSA-8mx3-gp3p-vgg7 is a medium-severity (CVSS 5.9) CWE-295 vulnerability in com.github.kevinsawicki:http-request. No vendor fix is recorded yet; mitigation options are listed below.
kevinsawicki/http-request Missing certificate validation
EPSS Exploitation Probability
EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System) is a daily probability model maintained by FIRST.org. It estimates the likelihood a CVE will be exploited in production environments within the next 30 days, derived from real-world threat intelligence signals.
How urgent is this, really
GHSA-8mx3-gp3p-vgg7 plotted by exploitation likelihood (EPSS) against impact (CVSS). The shaded corner — EPSS 50%+ and CVSS 7.0+ — is where this CVE doesn't sit, though severity or exploitability alone can still warrant action.
Where this sits among everything scored
Of 378,156 CVEs with a current EPSS score, this one falls in the < 10% band (highlighted). Real counts from FIRST.org, not a sample — log-scaled since the landscape is heavily right-skewed.
Real-World Exposure
com.github.kevinsawicki:http-requestReal-time download stats are indexed for npm and PyPI packages. This vulnerability affects Maven packages — download data is not available via public APIs for these ecosystems.
Description
OSS Http Request (Apache Cordova Plugin) 6 is affected by: Missing SSL certificate validation. The impact is: certificate spoofing. The component is: use this library when https communication. The attack vector is: certificate spoofing.
Affected Packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Vulnerable range | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|
| ☕Maven | com.github.kevinsawicki:http-request | all versions | No fix |
Detection & mitigation playbook
Open-source dependencyDetect
Scan your dependency tree (package-lock.json, pnpm-lock.yaml, requirements.txt, go.sum, etc.) for com.github.kevinsawicki:http-request, including transitive dependencies — a direct dependency you never call can still pull in a vulnerable version.
Remediation status
No patched version of com.github.kevinsawicki:http-request has shipped for GHSA-8mx3-gp3p-vgg7 yet. Where your build allows, override or pin the dependency away from the vulnerable range, and apply any maintainer-recommended mitigation.
Mitigate without a patch
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 Security's impact-aware SCA analyses which vulnerable code paths your application actually calls, so a match like GHSA-8mx3-gp3p-vgg7 can be triaged on real exposure rather than presence alone.
Tailored to GHSA-8mx3-gp3p-vgg7. 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-8mx3-gp3p-vgg7 in your dependencies?
O3 Security finds GHSA-8mx3-gp3p-vgg7 across Maven dependencies, including transitive ones, and its impact-aware SCA ranks findings by whether your code actually calls the vulnerable path.