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CVE-2023-28155

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2023-28155 affects the Node.js Request package (through version 2.88.1), allowing a Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) mitigation bypass through cross-protocol redirects. This vulnerability carries a CVSS score of 6.1 (Medium) due to its network attack vector and low attack complexity, potentially leading to limited confidentiality and integrity impacts. While the vulnerability is not actively exploited and no public exploit code or significant community discussion exists, it is important to note that it impacts an unsupported product.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 2.88.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:request_project:request:*:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

6.1MEDIUM

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
LOW
Integrity Impact
LOW
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
2.7
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.71%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
49.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0071 is in the 56th percentile among its peer group of 26,219 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (10)

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: cm1 nodejs 14.21.1-2 on CBL Mariner 1.0Fixed in: 14.21.1-2
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: cbl2 reaper 3.1.1-5 on CBL Mariner 2.0Fixed in: 3.1.1-5
npmpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: @cypress/requestFixed in: 3.0.0
redhatno patchvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Ceph Storage 7Fixed in: thrift
redhatno patchvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Ceph Storage 8Fixed in: arrow
redhatno patchvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Ceph Storage 8Fixed in: pybind
redhatno patchvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Ceph Storage 8Fixed in: thrift
redhatno patchvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Ceph Storage 7Fixed in: pybind
redhatno patchvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Ceph Storage 7Fixed in: arrow

Vendor Advisories (3)

npmGHSA-p8p7-x288-28g6medium

Server-Side Request Forgery in Request

Mar 16, 2023
redhatCVE-2023-28155Moderate

request: bypass of SSRF mitigations when following a cross-protocol redirect

Mar 16, 2023
microsoft2023-Mar/CVE-2023-28155Moderate

The Request package through 2.88.1 for Node.js allows a bypass of SSRF mitigations via an attacker-controller server that does a cross-protocol redirect (HTTP to HTTPS or HTTPS to HTTP). NOTE: This vulnerability only affects products that are no longer supported by the maintainer.

Mar 14, 2023

References

doyensec.com / resources/Doyensec_Advisory_RequestSSRF_Q12023.pdf
ExploitPatchTechnical DescriptionThird Party Advisory
github.com / request/request/issues/3442
ExploitIssue TrackingPatchTechnical DescriptionVendor Advisory
github.com / request/request/pull/3444
Patch
security.netapp.com / advisory/ntap-20230413-0007