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CVE-2023-28155 (GCVE-0-2023-28155)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-03-16 00:00 – Updated: 2024-08-02 12:30 Unsupported When Assigned
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Summary
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.
Severity
6.1 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
CWE
  • n/a
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