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node-modules urllib CVE-2026-55553

| EUVDEUVD-2026-65613 HIGH
Information Exposure (CWE-200)
2026-08-25 GitHub_M GHSA-hq3h-g68c-hp78
7.5
CVSS 3.1 · Vendor: GitHub_M
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Vendor (GitHub_M) PRIMARY
7.5 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
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5.9 MEDIUM

AC:H because attacker must control or influence the redirect target URL, a non-trivial external precondition; no confidentiality impact beyond credential exposure.

3.1 AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
4.0 AV:N/AC:H/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Primary rating from Vendor (GitHub_M).

CVSS VectorVendor: GitHub_M

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
None

Lifecycle Timeline

4
Patch available
Aug 25, 2026 - 18:17 EUVD
Source Code Evidence Fetched
Aug 25, 2026 - 16:51 vuln.today
Analysis Generated
Aug 25, 2026 - 16:51 vuln.today
CVE Published
Aug 25, 2026 - 16:18 cve.org
HIGH 7.5

DescriptionCVE.org

urllib is an HTTP client for Node.js that supports authentication, redirects, timeouts, and other request features. Prior to 4.9.1 and 2.44.1, urllib follows redirects through followRedirect but reuses caller-supplied options across origins. In src/HttpClient.ts, #requestInternal recursively calls this.#requestInternal(nextUrl.href, options, requestContext), causing options.headers and auth or digestAuth values to be reused when the redirect target has a different scheme, host, or port. Authorization, Cookie, Proxy-Authorization, x-api-key, x-auth-token, and x-access-token can therefore be sent to an attacker-controlled redirected origin, exposing credentials intended for the original origin and potentially allowing reuse against the original partner API or related services. No user interaction is required. This issue is fixed in versions 2.44.1 and 4.9.1.

AnalysisAI

Credential leakage in the urllib Node.js HTTP client (npm package node-modules/urllib) allows attacker-controlled redirect targets to capture sensitive authentication headers sent by the victim application. Versions through 4.9.0 (v3/v4 branch) and through 2.44.0 (v2 branch) recursively reuse the original caller-supplied options object - including Authorization, Cookie, Proxy-Authorization, x-api-key, x-auth-token, and x-access-token headers - when following redirects to a different origin, violating the WHATWG Fetch specification's cross-origin header-stripping requirement. …

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Vulnerability AssessmentAI

Exploitation The followRedirect option must be active (it is the default behavior in urllib); applications that explicitly set followRedirect: false are not affected. … Additional conditions and limiting factors are described in the full assessment.
Risk Assessment The NVD CVSS 3.1 score of 7.5 (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N) accurately reflects the network-exposed, unauthenticated nature of the flaw from the attacker's perspective, but AC:L may slightly overstate ease of exploitation: the attacker must be positioned to control or influence the redirect target URL, which requires either owning an upstream service, abusing an open redirect vulnerability on a trusted partner endpoint, or operating in an SSRF-adjacent scenario. … Full risk analysis with EPSS, KEV, and SSVC signal comparison available after sign-in.
Exploit Scenario Full exploit scenario with step-by-step reproduction available after sign-in.
Remediation The primary remediation is to upgrade urllib to version 4.9.1 (for v3/v4 users) or 2.44.1 (for v2 users); both releases are tagged on GitHub at https://github.com/node-modules/urllib/releases/tag/v4.9.1 and https://github.com/node-modules/urllib/releases/tag/v2.44.1. … Detailed patch versions, workarounds, and compensating controls in full report.

Recommended ActionAI

Within 24 hours, conduct an immediate inventory of all applications and dependencies using the urllib Node.js package (affected versions: v2 through 2.44.0 and v3/v4 through 4.9.0); prioritize applications sending API keys, authentication tokens, or session cookies. …

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