ip-address is a library for parsing and manipulating IPv4 and IPv6 addresses in JavaScript. From 10.1.1 until 10.2.2, every special-use classification method is built on isInSubnet, which short-circuits to false whenever the address's own subnet mask is shorter than the reference range's mask. That mask comes verbatim from the CIDR suffix on the parsed input, so appending a suffix such as /0 suppresses classification entirely: isLoopback(), isPrivate(), isLinkLocal(), isCGNAT(), isMulticast(), isUnspecified(), isBroadcast(), isULA(), and getType() all report an internal address as unremarkable, while correctForm() and address still return the real internal target. An application that builds a network trust-boundary decision on these checks, for example a filter intended to block Server-Side Request Forgery, or SSRF, may therefore treat an internal target as external and allow the request. The underlying bit comparison is correct, and mask(n) already returns the first n bits of the full parsed address independently of subnetMask; the defect is solely that the containment guard sits in the classification path. This issue is fixed in version 10.2.2.

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

  - ip-address is a library for parsing and manipulating IPv4 and IPv6 addresses in JavaScript. From 10.1.1
    until 10.2.2, every special-use classification method is built on isInSubnet, which short-circuits to
    false whenever the address's own subnet mask is shorter than the reference range's mask. That mask comes
    verbatim from the CIDR suffix on the parsed input, so appending a suffix such as /0 suppresses
    classification entirely: isLoopback(), isPrivate(), isLinkLocal(), isCGNAT(), isMulticast(),
    isUnspecified(), isBroadcast(), isULA(), and getType() all report an internal address as unremarkable,
    while correctForm() and address still return the real internal target. An application that builds a
    network trust-boundary decision on these checks, for example a filter intended to block Server-Side
    Request Forgery, or SSRF, may therefore treat an internal target as external and allow the request. The
    underlying bit comparison is correct, and mask(n) already returns the first n bits of the full parsed
    address independently of subnetMask; the defect is solely that the containment guard sits in the
    classification path. This issue is fixed in version 10.2.2. (CVE-2026-69198)

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available.

  - ip-address is a library for parsing and manipulating IPv4 and IPv6 addresses in JavaScript. From 10.1.1     until 10.2.2, every special-use classification method is built on isInSubnet, which short-circuits to     false whenever the address's own subnet mask is shorter than the reference range's mask. That mask comes     verbatim from the CIDR suffix on the parsed input, so appending a suffix such as /0 suppresses     classification entirely: isLoopback(), isPrivate(), isLinkLocal(), isCGNAT(), isMulticast(),     isUnspecified(), isBroadcast(), isULA(), and getType() all report an internal address as unremarkable,     while correctForm() and address still return the real internal target. An application that builds a     network trust-boundary decision on these checks, for example a filter intended to block Server-Side     Request Forgery, or SSRF, may therefore treat an internal target as external and allow the request. The     underlying bit comparison is correct, and mask(n) already returns the first n bits of the full parsed     address independently of subnetMask; the defect is solely that the containment guard sits in the     classification path. This issue is fixed in version 10.2.2. (CVE-2026-69198)

Note that Nessus relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Type	Severity
473534	Echo: ip-address: security update to 10.2.2	Tenable Cloud Security	Echo Local Security Checks	Local	medium
473534	Echo: ip-address: security update to 10.2.2	Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security	Echo Local Security Checks	Local	medium
332112	Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2026-69198	Nessus	Misc.	Local	medium
445597	SCA: security update for ip-address (GHSA-4xrf-jv44-h6hh)	Tenable Cloud Security	SCA Checks	Local	medium
445597	SCA: security update for ip-address (GHSA-4xrf-jv44-h6hh)	Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security	SCA Checks	Local	medium

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