Lookup for vulnerable packages by Package URL.

Purlpkg:deb/debian/node-express@4.19.2%2B~cs8.36.21-1?distro=trixie
Typedeb
Namespacedebian
Namenode-express
Version4.19.2+~cs8.36.21-1
Qualifiers
distro trixie
Subpath
Is_vulnerablefalse
Next_non_vulnerable_version4.21.0+~cs8.36.26-1
Latest_non_vulnerable_version5.1.0+~cs12.3.3-1
Affected_by_vulnerabilities
Fixing_vulnerabilities
0
url VCID-axqm-hk9c-53gn
vulnerability_id VCID-axqm-hk9c-53gn
summary
Express.js Open Redirect in malformed URLs
### Impact

Versions of Express.js prior to 4.19.2 and pre-release alpha and beta versions before 5.0.0-beta.3 are affected by an open redirect vulnerability using malformed URLs.

When a user of Express performs a redirect using a user-provided URL Express performs an encode [using `encodeurl`](https://github.com/pillarjs/encodeurl) on the contents before passing it to the `location` header. This can cause malformed URLs to be evaluated in unexpected ways by common redirect allow list implementations in Express applications, leading to an Open Redirect via bypass of a properly implemented allow list.

The main method impacted is `res.location()` but this is also called from within `res.redirect()`.

### Patches

https://github.com/expressjs/express/commit/0867302ddbde0e9463d0564fea5861feb708c2dd
https://github.com/expressjs/express/commit/0b746953c4bd8e377123527db11f9cd866e39f94

An initial fix went out with `express@4.19.0`, we then patched a feature regression in `4.19.1` and added improved handling for the bypass in `4.19.2`.

### Workarounds

The fix for this involves pre-parsing the url string with either `require('node:url').parse` or `new URL`. These are steps you can take on your own before passing the user input string to `res.location` or `res.redirect`.

### Resources

https://github.com/expressjs/express/pull/5539
https://github.com/koajs/koa/issues/1800
https://expressjs.com/en/4x/api.html#res.location
references
0
reference_url https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2024-29041.json
reference_id
reference_type
scores
0
value 6.1
scoring_system cvssv3
scoring_elements CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
url https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2024-29041.json
1
reference_url https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2024-29041
reference_id
reference_type
scores
0
value 0.00114
scoring_system epss
scoring_elements 0.30018
published_at 2026-04-09T12:55:00Z
1
value 0.00114
scoring_system epss
scoring_elements 0.2998
published_at 2026-04-12T12:55:00Z
2
value 0.00114
scoring_system epss
scoring_elements 0.30025
published_at 2026-04-11T12:55:00Z
3
value 0.00114
scoring_system epss
scoring_elements 0.29984
published_at 2026-04-08T12:55:00Z
4
value 0.00114
scoring_system epss
scoring_elements 0.29922
published_at 2026-04-07T12:55:00Z
5
value 0.00114
scoring_system epss
scoring_elements 0.30109
published_at 2026-04-04T12:55:00Z
6
value 0.00114
scoring_system epss
scoring_elements 0.30062
published_at 2026-04-02T12:55:00Z
7
value 0.00154
scoring_system epss
scoring_elements 0.35901
published_at 2026-04-24T12:55:00Z
8
value 0.00154
scoring_system epss
scoring_elements 0.36184
published_at 2026-04-18T12:55:00Z
9
value 0.00154
scoring_system epss
scoring_elements 0.36199
published_at 2026-04-16T12:55:00Z
10
value 0.00154
scoring_system epss
scoring_elements 0.36157
published_at 2026-04-13T12:55:00Z
11
value 0.00154
scoring_system epss
scoring_elements 0.36131
published_at 2026-04-21T12:55:00Z
url https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2024-29041
2
reference_url https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2024-29041
reference_id
reference_type
scores
url https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2024-29041
3
reference_url https://expressjs.com/en/4x/api.html#res.location
reference_id
reference_type
scores
0
value 6.1
scoring_system cvssv3.1
scoring_elements CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
1
value MODERATE
scoring_system generic_textual
scoring_elements
2
value Track
scoring_system ssvc
scoring_elements SSVCv2/E:N/A:N/T:P/P:M/B:A/M:M/D:T/2024-03-26T13:59:28Z/
url https://expressjs.com/en/4x/api.html#res.location
4
reference_url https://github.com/expressjs/express
reference_id
reference_type
scores
0
value 6.1
scoring_system cvssv3.1
scoring_elements CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
1
value MODERATE
scoring_system generic_textual
scoring_elements
url https://github.com/expressjs/express
5
reference_url https://github.com/expressjs/express/commit/0867302ddbde0e9463d0564fea5861feb708c2dd
reference_id
reference_type
scores
0
value 6.1
scoring_system cvssv3.1
scoring_elements CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
1
value MODERATE
scoring_system generic_textual
scoring_elements
2
value Track
scoring_system ssvc
scoring_elements SSVCv2/E:N/A:N/T:P/P:M/B:A/M:M/D:T/2024-03-26T13:59:28Z/
url https://github.com/expressjs/express/commit/0867302ddbde0e9463d0564fea5861feb708c2dd
6
reference_url https://github.com/expressjs/express/commit/0b746953c4bd8e377123527db11f9cd866e39f94
reference_id
reference_type
scores
0
value 6.1
scoring_system cvssv3.1
scoring_elements CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
1
value MODERATE
scoring_system generic_textual
scoring_elements
2
value Track
scoring_system ssvc
scoring_elements SSVCv2/E:N/A:N/T:P/P:M/B:A/M:M/D:T/2024-03-26T13:59:28Z/
url https://github.com/expressjs/express/commit/0b746953c4bd8e377123527db11f9cd866e39f94
7
reference_url https://github.com/expressjs/express/pull/5539
reference_id
reference_type
scores
0
value 6.1
scoring_system cvssv3.1
scoring_elements CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
1
value MODERATE
scoring_system generic_textual
scoring_elements
2
value Track
scoring_system ssvc
scoring_elements SSVCv2/E:N/A:N/T:P/P:M/B:A/M:M/D:T/2024-03-26T13:59:28Z/
url https://github.com/expressjs/express/pull/5539
8
reference_url https://github.com/expressjs/express/security/advisories/GHSA-rv95-896h-c2vc
reference_id
reference_type
scores
0
value 6.1
scoring_system cvssv3.1
scoring_elements CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
1
value MODERATE
scoring_system cvssv3.1_qr
scoring_elements
2
value MODERATE
scoring_system generic_textual
scoring_elements
3
value Track
scoring_system ssvc
scoring_elements SSVCv2/E:N/A:N/T:P/P:M/B:A/M:M/D:T/2024-03-26T13:59:28Z/
url https://github.com/expressjs/express/security/advisories/GHSA-rv95-896h-c2vc
9
reference_url https://github.com/koajs/koa/issues/1800
reference_id
reference_type
scores
0
value 6.1
scoring_system cvssv3.1
scoring_elements CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
1
value MODERATE
scoring_system generic_textual
scoring_elements
2
value Track
scoring_system ssvc
scoring_elements SSVCv2/E:N/A:N/T:P/P:M/B:A/M:M/D:T/2024-03-26T13:59:28Z/
url https://github.com/koajs/koa/issues/1800
10
reference_url https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-29041
reference_id
reference_type
scores
0
value 6.1
scoring_system cvssv3.1
scoring_elements CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
1
value MODERATE
scoring_system generic_textual
scoring_elements
url https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-29041
11
reference_url https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1068346
reference_id 1068346
reference_type
scores
url https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1068346
12
reference_url https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2290901
reference_id 2290901
reference_type
scores
url https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2290901
13
reference_url https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-rv95-896h-c2vc
reference_id GHSA-rv95-896h-c2vc
reference_type
scores
0
value MODERATE
scoring_system cvssv3.1_qr
scoring_elements
url https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-rv95-896h-c2vc
14
reference_url https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:3868
reference_id RHSA-2024:3868
reference_type
scores
url https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:3868
15
reference_url https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:6211
reference_id RHSA-2024:6211
reference_type
scores
url https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:6211
16
reference_url https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:7624
reference_id RHSA-2024:7624
reference_type
scores
url https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:7624
17
reference_url https://usn.ubuntu.com/7581-1/
reference_id USN-7581-1
reference_type
scores
url https://usn.ubuntu.com/7581-1/
fixed_packages
0
url pkg:deb/debian/node-express@4.19.2%2B~cs8.36.21-1?distro=trixie
purl pkg:deb/debian/node-express@4.19.2%2B~cs8.36.21-1?distro=trixie
is_vulnerable false
affected_by_vulnerabilities
resource_url http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/packages/pkg:deb/debian/node-express@4.19.2%252B~cs8.36.21-1%3Fdistro=trixie
1
url pkg:deb/debian/node-express@4.21.2%2B~cs8.36.27-2?distro=trixie
purl pkg:deb/debian/node-express@4.21.2%2B~cs8.36.27-2?distro=trixie
is_vulnerable false
affected_by_vulnerabilities
resource_url http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/packages/pkg:deb/debian/node-express@4.21.2%252B~cs8.36.27-2%3Fdistro=trixie
2
url pkg:deb/debian/node-express@5.1.0%2B~cs12.3.3-1?distro=trixie
purl pkg:deb/debian/node-express@5.1.0%2B~cs12.3.3-1?distro=trixie
is_vulnerable false
affected_by_vulnerabilities
resource_url http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/packages/pkg:deb/debian/node-express@5.1.0%252B~cs12.3.3-1%3Fdistro=trixie
aliases CVE-2024-29041, GHSA-rv95-896h-c2vc
risk_score 3.1
exploitability 0.5
weighted_severity 6.2
resource_url http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/vulnerabilities/VCID-axqm-hk9c-53gn
Risk_scorenull
Resource_urlhttp://public2.vulnerablecode.io/packages/pkg:deb/debian/node-express@4.19.2%252B~cs8.36.21-1%3Fdistro=trixie