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CVE-2022-0686

24
FAUCET Score

CVE-2022-0686 is a critical authorization bypass vulnerability (CVSS 9.1) affecting NPM's url-parse library prior to version 1.5.8. This flaw allows an attacker to bypass authentication mechanisms by manipulating user-controlled keys, potentially leading to full compromise of confidentiality and integrity. While no public exploits, Metasploit modules, or Nuclei templates are currently available, and there is no evidence of active exploitation or significant community discussion, the high CVSS score and FAUCET Risk Score of 72/100 indicate a serious potential threat.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 1.5.8CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:url-parse_project:url-parse:*:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

6.5MEDIUM

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
LOW
Integrity Impact
LOW
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
2.5
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.83%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
76.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0183 is in the 65th percentile among its peer group of 36,862 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (9)

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
npmpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: url-parseFixed in: 1.5.8
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Migration Toolkit for Containers 1.7Fixed in: rhmtc/openshift-migration-ui-rhel8:v1.7.4-12
View patch
redhatvendor investigatingvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2Fixed in: url-parse
redhatno patchvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Quay 3Fixed in: quay/quay-rhel8
redhatno patchvia redhat_api
Product: OpenShift Service Mesh 2.0Fixed in: servicemesh-grafana
redhatno patchvia redhat_api
Product: OpenShift Service Mesh 2.0Fixed in: servicemesh-prometheus
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: OpenShift Service Mesh 2.1Fixed in: servicemesh-grafana
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: OpenShift Service Mesh 2.1Fixed in: openshift-service-mesh/kiali-rhel8

Vendor Advisories (2)

npmGHSA-hgjh-723h-mx2jcritical

Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key in url-parse

Feb 21, 2022
redhatCVE-2022-0686Important

npm-url-parse: Authorization bypass through user-controlled key

Feb 20, 2022

References

github.com / unshiftio/url-parse/commit/d5c64791ef496ca5459ae7f2176a31ea53b127e5
PatchThird Party Advisory
huntr.dev / bounties/55fd06cd-9054-4d80-83be-eb5a454be78c
ExploitIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
lists.debian.org / debian-lts-announce/2023/02/msg00030.html
security.netapp.com / advisory/ntap-20220325-0006
Third Party Advisory