Vulnerability in Node Fetch Project (CVE-2022-2596)
Summary
Vulnerability in Node Fetch Project (CVE-2022-2596). Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.
Original description
The description as published by the source.
Inefficient Regular Expression Complexity in GitHub repository node-fetch/node-fetch prior to 3.2.10.
Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database NVD
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A vulnerability tracked as CVE-2022-2596 has been found in Node Fetch Project.
Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure. CVSS score: 5.9/10.
What to do: apply the vendor's official patched release.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "Node Fetch Project CVE-2022-2596" on the vendor's site.
CVE-2022-2596 (Node Fetch Project) — CWE-1333 / CVSS v3 5.9
Attack vector: remote (network-reachable) / unauthenticated / no user interaction
Plan: 1) Audit SBOM/dependencies, 2) Stage→prod upgrade, 3) Add WAF/proxy monitoring on affected endpoints, 4) Hunt IOCs in logs.
Refs: see the GHSA / vendor advisory / patched release linked on this page.
A vulnerability (CWE-1333) exists in Node Fetch Project.
Check the vendor advisory for the affected versions of Node Fetch Project.
Severity: Medium (CVSS 5.9/10). Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.
Update to the patched release per vendor advisory.
Until the patch is applied: disable the affected feature, apply WAF rules, or restrict access via network ACLs.
Search webserver/proxy logs for unusual request patterns matching this CVE's known IOCs. Audit SBOM/dependencies to find affected services.
Response actions
Concrete steps and command examples for SOC/SRE teams to execute in order
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1Identify exposure identify
Audit SBOM/dependencies for affected components.資産台帳・SBOM・依存マニフェストで Node Fetch Project を使っているサービスとバージョンを洗い出す。
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2Post-deployment verification verify
Confirm patched version is live in productionパッチ適用後、ステージングで PoC または同等の悪用パターンを再現して脆弱性が閉じたことを確認。本番ではアクセスログ・WAF でアラート再発が無いか継続監視。
Fix status by distribution
Fixed packages published by each distribution for this CVE
- Ubuntu UBUNTU-CVE-2022-2596 node-fetch
References
- exploit huntr.dev
- patch github.com