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CRLF injection in request path, method, and headers

Moderate
mcollina published GHSA-3cvr-822r-rqcc Jul 18, 2022

Package

npm undici (npm)

Affected versions

< v5.7.1

Patched versions

>= v5.8.0

Description

Impact

It is possible to inject CRLF sequences into request headers in Undici.

const undici = require('undici')

const response = undici.request("http://127.0.0.1:1000", {
  headers: {'a': "\r\nb"}
})

The same applies to path and method

Patches

Update to v5.7.1

Workarounds

Sanitize all HTTP headers from untrusted sources to eliminate \r\n.

References

https://hackerone.com/reports/409943
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-12116

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Severity

Moderate

CVSS overall score

This score calculates overall vulnerability severity from 0 to 10 and is based on the Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS).
/ 10

CVSS v3 base metrics

Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
Low
Availability
None

CVSS v3 base metrics

Attack vector: More severe the more the remote (logically and physically) an attacker can be in order to exploit the vulnerability.
Attack complexity: More severe for the least complex attacks.
Privileges required: More severe if no privileges are required.
User interaction: More severe when no user interaction is required.
Scope: More severe when a scope change occurs, e.g. one vulnerable component impacts resources in components beyond its security scope.
Confidentiality: More severe when loss of data confidentiality is highest, measuring the level of data access available to an unauthorized user.
Integrity: More severe when loss of data integrity is the highest, measuring the consequence of data modification possible by an unauthorized user.
Availability: More severe when the loss of impacted component availability is highest.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

CVE ID

CVE-2022-31150

Weaknesses

Credits