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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2021-27515

url-parse before 1.5.0 mishandles certain uses of backslash such as http:\/ and interprets the URI as a relative path.

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CVE-2021-27515
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31 Oct 2026, 11:42 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

CVE-2021-27515

core-osv · Original source

Published 22 Feb 2021, 00:15 UTC

url-parse before 1.5.0 mishandles certain uses of backslash such as http:\/ and interprets the URI as a relative path.

osv:CVE-2021-27515
Complete source record
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  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2021-27515",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
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    "title": "CVE-2021-27515",
    "summary": "url-parse before 1.5.0 mishandles certain uses of backslash such as http:\\/ and interprets the URI as a relative path.",
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    "products": [],
    "severity": "medium",
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        "GHSA-9m6j-fcg5-2442"
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          "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N"
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          }
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      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-20T10:54:35.299175754Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/02/msg00030.html",
        "https://github.com/unshiftio/url-parse/commit/d1e7e8822f26e8a49794b757123b51386325b2b0",
        "https://github.com/unshiftio/url-parse/compare/1.4.7...1.5.0",
        "https://github.com/unshiftio/url-parse/pull/197",
        "https://advisory.checkmarx.net/advisory/CX-2021-4306"
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  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 385676,
  "published_at": "2021-02-22T00:15:12.543+00:00"
}