CVE-2020-8201 (GCVE-0-2020-8201)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2020-09-18 20:12 – Updated: 2025-04-30 22:24
VLAI
Summary
Node.js < 12.18.4 and < 14.11 can be exploited to perform HTTP desync attacks and deliver malicious payloads to unsuspecting users. The payloads can be crafted by an attacker to hijack user sessions, poison cookies, perform clickjacking, and a multitude of other attacks depending on the architecture of the underlying system. The attack was possible due to a bug in processing of carrier-return symbols in the HTTP header names.
Severity
7.4 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
CWE
  • CWE-444 - HTTP Request Smuggling (CWE-444)
Assigner
hackerone CNA under the mitre root
CNA scorecard D 59/100 over 213 records in the last 180 days details
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
NodeJS Node Affected: 4.0 , < 4.* (semver)
Affected: 5.0 , < 5.* (semver)
Affected: 6.0 , < 6.* (semver)
Affected: 7.0 , < 7.* (semver)
Affected: 8.0 , < 8.* (semver)
Affected: 9.0 , < 9.* (semver)
Affected: 11.0 , < 11.* (semver)
Affected: 12.0 , < 12.18.4 (semver)
Affected: 13.0 , < 13.* (semver)
Affected: 14.0 , < 14.11.0 (semver)
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