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CVE-2026-87029

7.5, high

undici is an HTTP client library for Node.js

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CVSS
7.5, high high CVSS v3.1
EPSS, next 30 days
0.3% higher than 15.2% of scored CVEs
Exploitation
No public evidence
Published
15 Oct 20265 days ago

Description

undici is an HTTP client library for Node.js. In versions 7.15.0 through 7.30.0 and 8.0.0 through 8.12.1, its decompress interceptor forwards decompressed response data to the downstream handler from zlib stream event callbacks without catching exceptions those callbacks may throw, and while undici's engine converts a synchronous throw from a downstream handler into a per-request failure, that protection is absent when the throw happens asynchronously from a zlib callback. As a result, a downstream handler that throws by design, such as the built-in dump interceptor which throws when a response exceeds its configured maximum size, escapes as an uncaught exception that terminates the Node.js process. A malicious or compromised HTTP server can crash any client that composes the decompress interceptor with such a handler by returning a small compressed body that decompresses to more than the configured limit, so only the decompressed size matters and the bytes on the wire stay tiny. The issue is fixed in undici 7.30.1 and 8.12.2, and users should upgrade to one of those versions or later. As a workaround, avoid composing the decompress interceptor with a response handler that throws during response processing until upgrading.

Details

Vendor
Undici
Product
undici
Weakness
CWE-248 (opens in a new tab)
Status
Analyzed
Updated
19 Oct 2026
Assigner
ce714d77-add3-4f53-aff5-83d477b104bb

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

References 2

Advisories 2

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Other Undici CVEs

Every Undici CVE we hold

Same vendor in what we hold, not a known link between the flaws.

  • CVE-2026-109383 undici is an HTTP client library for Node.js EPSS 0.2% 9.1, critical
  • CVE-2026-109829 undici is an HTTP client library for Node.js EPSS 0.1% 9.1, critical
  • CVE-2026-109841 undici is an HTTP client library for Node.js EPSS 0.3% 7.5, high
  • CVE-2026-109924 undici Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling Vulnerability EPSS 0.3% 7.5, high
  • CVE-2026-109932 undici Uncontrolled Resource Consumption Vulnerability EPSS 0.3% 7.5, high
  • CVE-2026-84961 undici's BalancedPool constructor passes its entire options object through an internal deep-clone that serializes and reparses the value… EPSS 0.1% 9.1, critical
  • CVE-2026-84933 undici Exposure of Sensitive Information Vulnerability EPSS 0.3% 8.2, high
  • CVE-2026-85014 undici's experimental WebSocketStream client crashes the whole Node.js process when a remote peer closes the TCP connection without a… EPSS 0.4% 7.5, high

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Assembled from the NVD 2.0 API, the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog and FIRST EPSS. Scores are as of our last collection on 20 Oct 2026, not the live upstream state.