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have security implications. Use the [WHATWG URL API][] instead. CVEs are not
issued for `url.parse()` vulnerabilities.

### DEP0170: Invalid port when using `url.parse()`

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Type: Documentation-only

[`url.parse()`][] accepts URLs with ports that are not numbers. This behavior
might result in host name spoofing with unexpected input. These URLs will throw
an error in future versions of Node.js, as the [WHATWG URL API][] does already.

[NIST SP 800-38D]: https://nvlpubs.nist.gov/nistpubs/Legacy/SP/nistspecialpublication800-38d.pdf
[RFC 6066]: https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc6066#section-3
[RFC 8247 Section 2.4]: https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc8247#section-2.4
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