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CRLF Injection in Nodejs ‘undici’ via host

Moderate
mcollina published GHSA-5r9g-qh6m-jxff Feb 16, 2023

Package

npm nodejs/undici (npm)

Affected versions

>=2.0.0 < 5.19.1

Patched versions

5.19.1

Description

Impact

undici library does not protect host HTTP header from CRLF injection vulnerabilities.

Patches

This issue was patched in Undici v5.19.1.

Workarounds

Sanitize the headers.host string before passing to undici.

References

Reported at https://hackerone.com/reports/1820955.

Credits

Thank you to Zhipeng Zhang (@timon8) for reporting this vulnerability.

Severity

Moderate
4.6
/ 10

CVSS base metrics

Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
Required
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
None
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N

CVE ID

CVE-2023-23936

Weaknesses