# CVE-2020-26291: Hostname spoofing in URI.js

- Also known as: GHSA-3329-PJWV-FJPG
- Severity: CVSS 6.5 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 1.19.4
- Published: 2020-12-30 · Updated: 2024-08-04

## Affected

- medialize URI.js: fixed in 1.19.4
- urijs (npm): fixed in 1.19.4

## Description

URI.js is a javascript URL mutation library (npm package urijs). In URI.js before version 1.19.4, the hostname can be spoofed by using a backslash (`\`) character followed by an at (`@`) character. If the hostname is used in security decisions, the decision may be incorrect. Depending on library usage and attacker intent, impacts may include allow/block list bypasses, SSRF attacks, open redirects, or other undesired behavior. For example the URL `https://expected-example.com\@observed-example.com` will incorrectly return `observed-example.com` if using an affected version. Patched versions correctly return `expected-example.com`. Patched versions match the behavior of other parsers which implement the WHATWG URL specification, including web browsers and Node's built-in URL class. Version 1.19.4 is patched against all known payload variants. Version 1.19.3 has a partial patch but is still vulnerable to a payload variant.]

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on medialize URI.js, urijs, upgrade to a fixed version (1.19.4) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/medialize/URI.js/security/advisories/GHSA-3329-pjwv-fjpg
- https://www.npmjs.com/package/urijs
- https://github.com/medialize/URI.js/releases/tag/v1.19.4
- https://github.com/medialize/URI.js/commit/b02bf037c99ac9316b77ff8bfd840e90becf1155

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