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parse-url parses http URLs incorrectly, making it vulnerable to host name spoofingGHSA-pqw5-jmp5-px4v

MEDIUMFix: ionicabizau/parse-url@9cacf38

GHSA-pqw5-jmp5-px4v is a medium-severity (CVSS 6.1) CWE-115 vulnerability in parse-url. 1 public exploit or proof-of-concept reference is indexed, so weaponization risk is real. A fix is available for parse-url — see the affected versions and patch details below.

Also known asCVE-2022-3224
Published
Updated
Affected
1 pkg
Patched
1 / 1
Exploits
1 known
Exploitation data as of Nov 4, 2026 · OSV.dev, NVD, FIRST.org (EPSS)

EPSS Exploitation Probability

via FIRST.org ↗
0.8%probability of exploitation in next 30 days
Lower Risk0.00%
Lower risk than most CVEs57th percentile — riskier than 57% of all scored CVEsHighest risk
0.00%0.43%0.86%1.29%0.3%0.8%May 26Sep 26Nov 26

Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, from FIRST.org EPSS.

How urgent is this, really

Where this sits among everything scored

Real-World Exposure

1 pkg affected

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.

462other npm packages depend on this — each one inherits the vulnerability until it's patched upstream
parse-urlnpm
6.8Mdownloads / week

Description

parse-url prior to 8.1.0 is vulnerable to Misinterpretation of Input. parse-url parses certain http or https URLs incorrectly, identifying the URL's protocol as ssh. It may also parse the host name incorrectly.

Affected Packages

1 total 1 fixed
EcosystemPackageVulnerable rangeFix
📦npmparse-urlall versions8.1.0npm install parse-url@8.1.0

Affected Products

1 product · 1 configurations
Application
parse-urlparse-url_project
< 8.1.0
range
Exploits & PoCs
1

Research use only. For defensive security, authorized penetration testing, and academic research only. Never execute exploit code against systems without explicit written authorization.

Misinterpretation of Input in GitHub repository ionicabizau/parse-url pr…

huntr.devNVDSep 2022

Detection & mitigation playbook

Open-source dependency

  1. Detect

    Scan your dependency tree (package-lock.json, pnpm-lock.yaml, requirements.txt, go.sum, etc.) for parse-url, including transitive dependencies — a direct dependency you never call can still pull in a vulnerable version.

  2. Fix

    Update parse-url to 8.1.0 or later, then make sure no transitive (indirect) dependency still pins the vulnerable range — O3 confirms GHSA-pqw5-jmp5-px4v is resolved across your whole dependency graph.

  3. 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.

Frequently Asked Questions

parse-url prior to 8.1.0 is vulnerable to Misinterpretation of Input. parse-url parses certain http or https URLs incorrectly, identifying the URL's protocol as ssh. It may also parse the host name incorrectly.
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