GHSA-m8rv-5g2x-5cg5
undici vulnerable to CRLF Injection via blob-like body 'type' property
Packages
Details
As written in the advisory (Markdown source, shown as plain text).
### Impact
When an application passes a duck-typed blob-like body to undici's HTTP/1.1 dispatcher (via `request()`, `stream()`, `pipeline()`, or `dispatch()`) with a `.type` derived from untrusted input, an attacker can inject CRLF sequences (`\r\n`) to append arbitrary HTTP headers and potentially smuggle a second request past the upstream.
The vulnerable branch in `lib/dispatcher/client-h1.js` pushes `body.type` directly into the outgoing headers with no validation, while every other header path in undici goes through `isValidHeaderValue()`:
```javascript
} else if (util.isBlobLike(body) && request.contentType == null && body.type) {
headers.push('content-type', body.type) // bypasses isValidHeaderValue()
}
```
The bug requires a hand-rolled duck-typed blob object or a Blob subclass with a controlled `.type`. Native `Blob` is safe because its constructor strips CRLF from `.type`. `fetch()` is unaffected because it validates via the `Headers` class. Ecosystem consumers that build duck-typed blob shapes from user input include `form-data-encoder`, `formdata-polyfill`, and `formdata-node`.
Same defect class as `CVE-2022-35948` (explicit `content-type` sink, fixed in undici 5.8.2) and `CVE-2026-1527` (`upgrade` option sink, fixed in 6.24.0 / 7.24.0), both closed by adding `isValidHeaderValue()` on their respective sinks. This branch was missed.
### Patches
Patched in undici v6.28.0, v7.29.0, and v8.9.0. Users should upgrade to one of these versions or later.
### Workarounds
- Set an explicit, validated `content-type` header on the request options (skips the vulnerable branch).
- Use a native `Blob` (or `fetch-blob`) instead of a hand-rolled duck-typed object.
- Reject control characters in the MIME type before assigning it to `.type`.
- Use `fetch()` instead of the non-`fetch` APIs.
References
External links from the advisory. They lead to third-party sites.
- https://github.com/nodejs/undici/security/advisories/GHSA-m8rv-5g2x-5cg5
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-15157
- https://github.com/nodejs/undici/commit/33928bc24f742ea8422ed90d17f2e0cc83e4d09d
- https://github.com/nodejs/undici/commit/740a0b7c173cb4a83a5b693e96e8f3a116cfc400
- https://github.com/nodejs/undici/commit/7d3cf924c262c486bc77f951348f4e5c847b7b42
- https://cna.openjsf.org/security-advisories.html
- https://github.com/nodejs/undici
- https://github.com/nodejs/undici/releases/tag/v6.28.0
- https://github.com/nodejs/undici/releases/tag/v7.29.0
- https://github.com/nodejs/undici/releases/tag/v8.9.0