Critical

Server-Side Request Forgery in private-ip

  • Disclosed: 13.04.2021
  • Updated: 11.10.2026 10:22

Insufficient RegEx in private-ip npm package v1.0.5 and below insufficiently filters reserved IP ranges resulting in indeterminate SSRF. An attacker can perform a large range of requests to ARIN reserved IP ranges, resulting in an indeterminable number of critical attack vectors, allowing remote attackers to request server-side resources or potentially execute arbitrary code through various SSRF techniques.

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PlatformPackageVulnerable versionsFixed in
npm package private-ip < 2.0.0 2.0.0

References

CVSS score 9.8/10
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness (CWE)
CWE-918
Platform
npm
Package
private-ip
Disclosed
13.04.2021
Updated
11.10.2026 10:22

Sources and licenses

OSV / GitHub Advisory Database - GHSA-43ch-2h55-2vj7 - CC BY 4.0

Vulnerability history: private-ip

All published vulnerabilities of this package (npm package), newest first. Shows whether this is a one-off slip or a package that needs watching.

Total entries
2
First → latest
04.2021 07.2025
Without a fix
1
Exploited in attacks
0

Severity breakdown

  • Critical 1
  • High 1

Disclosures per year

  1. 2021: 1
  2. 2022: 0
  3. 2023: 0
  4. 2024: 0
  5. 2025: 1
  6. 2026: 0
  1. High · 8.2 CVE-2025-8020 <= 3.0.2 no fix
  2. Server-Side Request Forgery in private-ip this entry
    Critical · 9.8 CVE-2020-28360 < 2.0.0 2.0.0

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