CVE-2026-18540
Published:September 04, 2026
Updated:September 13, 2026
undici's retry interceptor can append the body of a ranged retry response to bytes already delivered from an earlier partial response while still presenting the original response's status and headers. This happens when an upstream server delivers part of a body without a trustworthy resume checkpoint, for example a non-success response whose headers were already sent or a partial-content response with an unusable content range, then closes the connection and answers the resumed range request with more bytes. As a result the response body can be longer than the Content-Length that the application observes. An application that relays such a response to a downstream HTTP/1.1 peer without normalizing the framing can emit a body that exceeds the forwarded Content-Length, and the excess bytes can be interpreted as the start of a following response, which enables downstream response splitting or desynchronization. Exploitation requires an attacker-controlled upstream server and an application that forwards the response through a framing-sensitive path. This affects undici versions before 6.28.1, from 7.0.0 up to 7.29.1, and from 8.0.0 up to 8.10.2. Users should upgrade to undici 6.28.1, 7.29.1, or 8.10.2.
Affected Packages
https://github.com/nodejs/undici.git (GITHUB):
Affected version(s) >=v6.0.0 <v6.28.1Fix Suggestion:
Update to version v6.28.1https://github.com/nodejs/undici.git (GITHUB):
Affected version(s) >=v8.0.0 <v8.10.2Fix Suggestion:
Update to version v8.10.2https://github.com/nodejs/undici.git (GITHUB):
Affected version(s) >=v7.0.0 <v7.29.1Fix Suggestion:
Update to version v7.29.1undici (NPM):
Affected version(s) >=8.0.0 <8.10.2Fix Suggestion:
Update to version 8.10.2undici (NPM):
Affected version(s) >=7.0.0 <7.29.1Fix Suggestion:
Update to version 7.29.1undici (NPM):
Affected version(s) >=0.1.0 <6.28.1Fix Suggestion:
Update to version 6.28.1Related Resources (4)
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Contact UsCVSS v4
Base Score:
6.3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Attack Requirements
NONE
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Vulnerable System Confidentiality
NONE
Vulnerable System Integrity
LOW
Vulnerable System Availability
NONE
Subsequent System Confidentiality
NONE
Subsequent System Integrity
NONE
Subsequent System Availability
NONE
CVSS v3
Base Score:
3.7
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
LOW
Availability
NONE
Weakness Type (CWE)
Inconsistent Interpretation of HTTP Requests ('HTTP Request/Response Smuggling')
EPSS
Base Score:
0.24