What is CVE-2022-33987?

CVE-2022-33987 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Got Project. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2022-06-18.

How severe is CVE-2022-33987?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.

Is CVE-2022-33987 known to be exploited?

6 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Vulnerability in Got Project

CVE-2022-33987

The got package before 12.1.0 (also fixed in 11.8.5) for Node.js allows a redirect to a UNIX socket.

Published 2022-06-18 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.024 (83.5th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 83rd percentile — 83.5% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.023 · newest: 0.024 · change: +0.001

Affected products

Got Project

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

github.com/sindresorhus/got/pull/2047 (Patch, Third Party Advisory)
github.com/sindresorhus/got/compare/v12.0.3...v12.1.0 (Patch, Third Party Advisory)
github.com/sindresorhus/got/releases/tag/v11.8.5 (Patch, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-33987?: CVE-2022-33987 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Got Project. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2022-06-18.
How severe is CVE-2022-33987?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.
Is CVE-2022-33987 known to be exploited?: 6 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.