Cyber Resilience

CVE-2022-0686

CriticalPublic PoC

Published: 20 February 2022

Published
20 February 2022
Modified
21 November 2024
KEV Added
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Patch
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CVSS Score v3.1 9.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
EPSS Score 0.0010 27.4th percentile
Risk Priority 18 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2022-0686 is a critical-severity Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key (CWE-639) vulnerability in Url-Parse Project Url-Parse. Its CVSS base score is 9.1 (Critical).

Operationally, ranked at the 27.4th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog; a public proof-of-concept is referenced.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key in NPM url-parse prior to 1.5.8.

CWE(s)
CWE-639

Related Threats

No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.

Affected Assets

url-parse project
url-parse
≤ 1.5.8

Mitigating Controls

Likely Mitigating Controls AI

Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.

AC-24 Access Control Decisions
addresses: CWE-639

Per-request decision making makes it harder to bypass authorization using user-controlled keys without proper validation in the decision process.

AC-3 Access Enforcement
addresses: CWE-639

Consistent enforcement of approved authorizations makes bypassing via user-controlled keys ineffective.

References