CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2018-3774

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Published: Aug 12, 2018 | Modified: Jun 17, 2026
CVSS 3.x
10
CRITICAL
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.x
7.5 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
9.8 IMPORTANT
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Ubuntu
MEDIUM
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Incorrect parsing in url-parse <1.4.3 returns wrong hostname which leads to multiple vulnerabilities such as SSRF, Open Redirect, Bypass Authentication Protocol.

Weakness

The web application does not adequately enforce appropriate authorization on all restricted URLs, scripts, or files.

Affected Software

NameVendorStart VersionEnd Version
Url-parseUrl-parse_project*1.4.3 (excluding)
Red Hat Quay 3RedHatquay/quay-rhel8:v3.6.0-62*
Node-url-parseUbuntubionic*
Node-url-parseUbuntucosmic*
Node-url-parseUbuntudisco*
Node-url-parseUbuntueoan*
Node-url-parseUbuntuesm-apps-legacy/xenial*
Node-url-parseUbuntuesm-apps/bionic*
Node-url-parseUbuntuesm-apps/xenial*
Node-url-parseUbuntugroovy*
Node-url-parseUbuntuhirsute*
Node-url-parseUbuntuimpish*
Node-url-parseUbuntulunar*
Node-url-parseUbuntumantic*
Node-url-parseUbuntuupstream*
Node-url-parseUbuntuxenial*

Potential Mitigations

References