🛡️ CVE-2026-50288 — specifyjs

🟠 CVSS 8.0 — High ✅ No Known Exploit CWE-918 OSV

8.0

CVSS Score

0 Low4 Medium7 High9 Critical10

Description

@asymmetric-effort/specifyjs: URL parse failure silently allows request

Finding

Location: core/src/shared/secure-fetch.ts:42-45

When new URL() throws a parse error, the assertSecureUrl function returned without throwing, silently allowing the request to proceed without HTTPS validation.

Status

Fixed in v0.2.136 — The catch block now throws an error instead of silently returning.

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached over the network, attack complexity is low, an attacker needs no privileges on the target. No user interaction is required. Rated impact: confidentiality none, integrity high, availability none.

Weakness class

CVE-2026-50288 is classified as CWE-918: Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF). The server fetches a URL supplied by the caller, which can be pointed at internal systems it alone can reach.

Affected software

CVE-2026-50288 is recorded against 1 package.

@asymmetric-effort/specifyjs

Timeline and source

Published on 2 July 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from OSV.

References

github.com (Web)
github.com (Web)
github.com (Package)
github.com (Web)

Details

Severity HIGH

CVSS Score 8.0

CVSS Vector CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

CWE CWE-918

Public Exploit ✅ No

Source OSV

Published 2026-07-02

Updated 2026-08-12

Modified 2026-07-02

Fix URL N/A

Affected Packages

Software	From version	Fixed in
@asymmetric-effort/specifyjs	—	—

References

WEB https://github.com/asymmetric-effort/specifyjs/security/advisories/GHSA-8882-frvv-92w4

WEB https://github.com/asymmetric-effort/specifyjs/commit/25d1fb491d99479efdf501f5f75e0bb80c908f0a

PACKAGE https://github.com/asymmetric-effort/specifyjs

WEB https://github.com/asymmetric-effort/specifyjs/releases/tag/v0.2.136

🔗 NVD 🔗 Mitre

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