CVE-2023-23936 (GCVE-0-2023-23936)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-02-16 17:30 – Updated: 2025-03-10 21:10
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
CRLF Injection in Nodejs ‘undici’ via host
Summary
Undici is an HTTP/1.1 client for Node.js. Starting with version 2.0.0 and prior to version 5.19.1, the undici library does not protect `host` HTTP header from CRLF injection vulnerabilities. This issue is patched in Undici v5.19.1. As a workaround, sanitize the `headers.host` string before passing to undici.
Severity
6.5 (Medium)
SSVC
Exploitation: poc
Automatable: yes
Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2025-03-10 21:01 UTC
CWE
- CWE-93 - Improper Neutralization of CRLF Sequences ('CRLF Injection')
Assigner
References
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|---|---|
| https://github.com/nodejs/undici/security/advisor… | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
| https://github.com/nodejs/undici/commit/a2eff0540… | x_refsource_MISC |
| https://hackerone.com/reports/1820955 | x_refsource_MISC |
| https://github.com/nodejs/undici/releases/tag/v5.19.1 | x_refsource_MISC |
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