request-2.88.2.tgz: 4 vulnerabilities (highest severity is: 8.7) unreachable

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Vulnerable Library - request-2.88.2.tgz

Simplified HTTP request client.

Library home page: https://registry.npmjs.org/request/-/request-2.88.2.tgz

Path to dependency file: /sample/SipInterconnect/package.json

Path to vulnerable library: /sample/SipInterconnect/node_modules/request/package.json

Found in HEAD commit: a7f0948738582b190c10062a408e10b28b6ec75d

Vulnerabilities

Vulnerability	Severity	CVSS	Exploit Maturity	EPSS	Dependency	Type	Fixed in (request version)	Remediation Possible**	Reachability
CVE-2025-7783	High	8.7	Not Defined	0.1%	form-data-2.3.3.tgz	Transitive	N/A*	❌	Unreachable
CVE-2023-26136	Medium	6.5	Proof of concept	6.8999996%	tough-cookie-2.5.0.tgz	Transitive	N/A*	❌	Unreachable
CVE-2023-28155	Medium	6.1	Not Defined	0.6%	request-2.88.2.tgz	Direct	@cypress/request - 3.0.0	✅	Unreachable
CVE-2025-15284	Low	3.7	Not Defined	0.2%	qs-6.5.3.tgz	Transitive	N/A*	❌	Unreachable

*For some transitive vulnerabilities, there is no version of direct dependency with a fix. Check the "Details" section below to see if there is a version of transitive dependency where vulnerability is fixed.

**In some cases, Remediation PR cannot be created automatically for a vulnerability despite the availability of remediation

Details

CVE-2025-7783

Vulnerable Library - form-data-2.3.3.tgz

A library to create readable "multipart/form-data" streams. Can be used to submit forms and file uploads to other web applications.

Library home page: https://registry.npmjs.org/form-data/-/form-data-2.3.3.tgz

Path to dependency file: /sample/SipInterconnect/package.json

Path to vulnerable library: /sample/SipInterconnect/node_modules/form-data/package.json

Dependency Hierarchy:

• request-2.88.2.tgz (Root Library)
  • ❌ form-data-2.3.3.tgz (Vulnerable Library)

Found in HEAD commit: a7f0948738582b190c10062a408e10b28b6ec75d

Found in base branch: main

Reachability Analysis

The vulnerable code is unreachable

Vulnerability Details

Use of Insufficiently Random Values vulnerability in form-data allows HTTP Parameter Pollution (HPP). This vulnerability is associated with program files lib/form_data.Js.
This issue affects form-data: < 2.5.4, 3.0.0 - 3.0.3, 4.0.0 - 4.0.3.
Mend Note: The description of this vulnerability differs from MITRE.

Publish Date: 2025-07-18

URL: CVE-2025-7783

Threat Assessment

Exploit Maturity: Not Defined

EPSS: 0.1%

CVSS 3 Score Details (8.7)

Base Score Metrics:

• Exploitability Metrics:
  • Attack Vector: Network
  • Attack Complexity: High
  • Privileges Required: None
  • User Interaction: None
  • Scope: Changed
• Impact Metrics:
  • Confidentiality Impact: High
  • Integrity Impact: High
  • Availability Impact: None

For more information on CVSS3 Scores, click here.

Suggested Fix

Type: Upgrade version

Origin: GHSA-fjxv-7rqg-78g4

Release Date: 2025-07-18

Fix Resolution: form-data - 2.5.4,form-data - 3.0.4,https://github.com/form-data/form-data.git - v2.5.4,form-data - 4.0.4,https://github.com/form-data/form-data.git - v4.0.4,https://github.com/form-data/form-data.git - v3.0.4

CVE-2023-26136

Vulnerable Library - tough-cookie-2.5.0.tgz

RFC6265 Cookies and Cookie Jar for node.js

Library home page: https://registry.npmjs.org/tough-cookie/-/tough-cookie-2.5.0.tgz

Path to dependency file: /sample/SipInterconnect/package.json

Path to vulnerable library: /sample/SipInterconnect/node_modules/tough-cookie/package.json

Dependency Hierarchy:

• request-2.88.2.tgz (Root Library)
  • ❌ tough-cookie-2.5.0.tgz (Vulnerable Library)

Found in HEAD commit: a7f0948738582b190c10062a408e10b28b6ec75d

Found in base branch: main

Reachability Analysis

The vulnerable code is unreachable

Vulnerability Details

Versions of the package tough-cookie before 4.1.3 are vulnerable to Prototype Pollution due to improper handling of Cookies when using CookieJar in rejectPublicSuffixes=false mode. This issue arises from the manner in which the objects are initialized.

Publish Date: 2023-07-01

URL: CVE-2023-26136

Threat Assessment

Exploit Maturity: Proof of concept

EPSS: 6.8999996%

CVSS 3 Score Details (6.5)

Base Score Metrics:

• Exploitability Metrics:
  • Attack Vector: Network
  • Attack Complexity: Low
  • Privileges Required: None
  • User Interaction: None
  • Scope: Unchanged
• Impact Metrics:
  • Confidentiality Impact: Low
  • Integrity Impact: Low
  • Availability Impact: None

For more information on CVSS3 Scores, click here.

Suggested Fix

Type: Upgrade version

Origin: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-26136

Release Date: 2023-07-01

Fix Resolution: tough-cookie - 4.1.3

CVE-2023-28155

Vulnerable Library - request-2.88.2.tgz

Simplified HTTP request client.

Library home page: https://registry.npmjs.org/request/-/request-2.88.2.tgz

Path to dependency file: /sample/SipInterconnect/package.json

Path to vulnerable library: /sample/SipInterconnect/node_modules/request/package.json

Dependency Hierarchy:

• ❌ request-2.88.2.tgz (Vulnerable Library)

Found in HEAD commit: a7f0948738582b190c10062a408e10b28b6ec75d

Found in base branch: main

Reachability Analysis

The vulnerable code is unreachable

Vulnerability Details

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.

Publish Date: 2023-03-16

URL: CVE-2023-28155

Threat Assessment

Exploit Maturity: Not Defined

EPSS: 0.6%

CVSS 3 Score Details (6.1)

Base Score Metrics:

• Exploitability Metrics:
  • Attack Vector: Network
  • Attack Complexity: Low
  • Privileges Required: None
  • User Interaction: Required
  • Scope: Changed
• Impact Metrics:
  • Confidentiality Impact: Low
  • Integrity Impact: Low
  • Availability Impact: None

For more information on CVSS3 Scores, click here.

Suggested Fix

Type: Upgrade version

Origin: GHSA-p8p7-x288-28g6

Release Date: 2023-03-16

Fix Resolution: @cypress/request - 3.0.0

⛑️ Automatic Remediation will be attempted for this issue.

CVE-2025-15284

Vulnerable Library - qs-6.5.3.tgz

A querystring parser that supports nesting and arrays, with a depth limit

Library home page: https://registry.npmjs.org/qs/-/qs-6.5.3.tgz

Path to dependency file: /sample/SipInterconnect/package.json

Path to vulnerable library: /sample/SipInterconnect/node_modules/request/node_modules/qs/package.json

Dependency Hierarchy:

• request-2.88.2.tgz (Root Library)
  • ❌ qs-6.5.3.tgz (Vulnerable Library)

Found in HEAD commit: a7f0948738582b190c10062a408e10b28b6ec75d

Found in base branch: main

Reachability Analysis

The vulnerable code is unreachable

Vulnerability Details

Improper Input Validation vulnerability in qs (parse modules) allows HTTP DoS.This issue affects qs: < 6.14.1.
Summary
The arrayLimit option in qs did not enforce limits for bracket notation (a[]=1&a[]=2), only for indexed notation (a[0]=1). This is a consistency bug; arrayLimit should apply uniformly across all array notations.
Note: The default parameterLimit of 1000 effectively mitigates the DoS scenario originally described. With default options, bracket notation cannot produce arrays larger than parameterLimit regardless of arrayLimit, because each a[]=valueconsumes one parameter slot. The severity has been reduced accordingly.
Details
The arrayLimit option only checked limits for indexed notation (a[0]=1&a[1]=2) but did not enforce it for bracket notation (a[]=1&a[]=2).
Vulnerable code (lib/parse.js:159-162):
if (root === '[]' && options.parseArrays) {
obj = utils.combine([], leaf); // No arrayLimit check
}
Working code (lib/parse.js:175):
else if (index <= options.arrayLimit) { // Limit checked here
obj = [];
obj[index] = leaf;
}
The bracket notation handler at line 159 uses utils.combine([], leaf) without validating against options.arrayLimit, while indexed notation at line 175 checks index <= options.arrayLimit before creating arrays.
PoC
const qs = require('qs');
const result = qs.parse('a[]=1&a[]=2&a[]=3&a[]=4&a[]=5&a[]=6', { arrayLimit: 5 });
console.log(result.a.length); // Output: 6 (should be max 5)
Note on parameterLimit interaction: The original advisory's "DoS demonstration" claimed a length of 10,000, but parameterLimit (default: 1000) caps parsing to 1,000 parameters. With default options, the actual output is 1,000, not 10,000.
Impact
Consistency bug in arrayLimit enforcement. With default parameterLimit, the practical DoS risk is negligible since parameterLimit already caps the total number of parsed parameters (and thus array elements from bracket notation). The risk increases only when parameterLimit is explicitly set to a very high value.

Publish Date: 2025-12-29

URL: CVE-2025-15284

Threat Assessment

Exploit Maturity: Not Defined

EPSS: 0.2%

CVSS 3 Score Details (3.7)

Base Score Metrics:

• Exploitability Metrics:
  • Attack Vector: Network
  • Attack Complexity: High
  • Privileges Required: None
  • User Interaction: None
  • Scope: Unchanged
• Impact Metrics:
  • Confidentiality Impact: None
  • Integrity Impact: None
  • Availability Impact: Low

For more information on CVSS3 Scores, click here.

Suggested Fix

Type: Upgrade version

Origin: GHSA-6rw7-vpxm-498p

Release Date: 2025-12-29

Fix Resolution: qs - 6.14.1,qs - 6.14.1,https://github.com/ljharb/qs.git - v6.14.1

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⛑️Automatic Remediation will be attempted for this issue.

[cpettet]

This is a good replacement for request: https://github.com/tomas/needle

[relm923]

Any plans to address this?

[cpettet]

Hi @relm923 ,
There's an open PR for it: #311

[mend-for-github-com]

ℹ️ This issue was automatically re-opened by Mend because the vulnerable library in the specific branch(es) has been detected in the Mend inventory.