HTTP Request Smuggling Affecting node package, versions [16.0.0,16.20.1) [18.0.0,18.16.1) [20.0.0,20.3.1)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

CVSS assessment made by Snyk's Security Team

    Threat Intelligence

    Exploit Maturity
    Proof of concept
    EPSS
    0.21% (60th percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-UPSTREAM-NODE-5741793
  • published 28 Jun 2023
  • disclosed 28 Jun 2023
  • credit Yadhu Krishna M

How to fix?

Upgrade node to version 16.20.1, 18.16.1, 20.3.1 or higher.

Overview

node is a JavaScript runtime built on Chrome's V8 JavaScript engine.

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to HTTP Request Smuggling. The llhttp parser in the http module in Node.js does not strictly use the CRLF sequence to delimit HTTP requests.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1
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Snyk

Recommended
5.3 medium
  • Attack Vector (AV)
    Network
  • Attack Complexity (AC)
    Low
  • Privileges Required (PR)
    None
  • User Interaction (UI)
    None
  • Scope (S)
    Unchanged
  • Confidentiality (C)
    None
  • Integrity (I)
    Low
  • Availability (A)
    None
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NVD

7.5 high
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SUSE

5.9 medium
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Red Hat

7.5 high