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CVE-2026-15157: undici vulnerable to CRLF Injection via blob-like body 'type' property

August 3, 2026

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():

} 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.

References

  • cna.openjsf.org/security-advisories.html
  • github.com/advisories/GHSA-m8rv-5g2x-5cg5
  • github.com/nodejs/undici/commit/33928bc24f742ea8422ed90d17f2e0cc83e4d09d
  • github.com/nodejs/undici/commit/740a0b7c173cb4a83a5b693e96e8f3a116cfc400
  • github.com/nodejs/undici/commit/7d3cf924c262c486bc77f951348f4e5c847b7b42
  • github.com/nodejs/undici/releases/tag/v6.28.0
  • github.com/nodejs/undici/releases/tag/v7.29.0
  • github.com/nodejs/undici/releases/tag/v8.9.0
  • github.com/nodejs/undici/security/advisories/GHSA-m8rv-5g2x-5cg5
  • nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-15157

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Affected versions

All versions before 6.28.0, all versions starting from 7.0.0 before 7.29.0, all versions starting from 8.0.0 before 8.9.0

Fixed versions

  • 6.28.0
  • 7.29.0
  • 8.9.0

Solution

Upgrade to versions 6.28.0, 7.29.0, 8.9.0 or above.

Impact 4.2 MEDIUM

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

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Weakness

  • CWE-93: Improper Neutralization of CRLF Sequences ('CRLF Injection')

Source file

npm/undici/CVE-2026-15157.yml

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