CVE-2026-9679
Published:June 17, 2026
Updated:June 21, 2026
Impact:
undici's cookie parser in parseSetCookie percent-decodes cookie values via qsUnescape, turning encoded sequences like %0D%0A, %00, %3B, and %3D into their literal byte equivalents. RFC 6265 §5.4 does not specify any decoding and browsers do not decode either.
Applications that parse a Set-Cookie header and then forward the parsed value into a response header (proxies, middleware, SSR frameworks) become vulnerable to HTTP response header injection: an attacker-controlled upstream can inject arbitrary Set-Cookie, Location, or Cache-Control headers into the application's downstream response, enabling session fixation, open redirect, or cache poisoning.
Affected applications are those that use undici's cookie parsing (parseSetCookie, parseCookie, getSetCookies) and forward the parsed cookie value into a response header.
This was introduced in undici 7.0.0 via PR #3789.
Patches:
Upgrade to undici v6.26.0, v7.28.0 or v8.5.0.
Workarounds:
If upgrade is not immediately possible, do not forward values returned by parseSetCookie/parseCookie/getSetCookies directly into response headers; sanitize the value first to strip or reject CR, LF, NUL, ;, and = bytes.
Affected Packages
https://github.com/nodejs/undici.git (GITHUB):
Affected version(s) >=v8.0.0 <v8.5.0Fix Suggestion:
Update to version v8.5.0https://github.com/nodejs/undici.git (GITHUB):
Affected version(s) >=v1.0.0 <v6.27.0Fix Suggestion:
Update to version v6.27.0https://github.com/nodejs/undici.git (GITHUB):
Affected version(s) >=v7.0.0 <v7.28.0Fix Suggestion:
Update to version v7.28.0undici (NPM):
Affected version(s) >=0.1.0 <6.27.0Fix Suggestion:
Update to version 6.27.0undici (NPM):
Affected version(s) >=0.1.0 <6.27.0Fix Suggestion:
Update to version 6.27.0undici (NPM):
Affected version(s) >=7.0.0 <7.28.0Fix Suggestion:
Update to version 7.28.0undici (NPM):
Affected version(s) >=8.0.0 <8.5.0Fix Suggestion:
Update to version 8.5.0Related Resources (4)
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Contact UsCVSS v4
Base Score:
8.2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Attack Requirements
NONE
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Vulnerable System Confidentiality
NONE
Vulnerable System Integrity
HIGH
Vulnerable System Availability
NONE
Subsequent System Confidentiality
NONE
Subsequent System Integrity
NONE
Subsequent System Availability
NONE
CVSS v3
Base Score:
5.9
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
NONE
Weakness Type (CWE)
Improper Neutralization of CRLF Sequences ('CRLF Injection')
EPSS
Base Score:
0.21