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CVE-2026-18149: undici vulnerable to Denial of Service via orphaned RetryHandler response body

September 29, 2026

undici’s RetryHandler can leave a response body pending indefinitely. When a retried request receives a non-retryable response after a truncated one, the original response.body held by the application is never settled, so reads such as response.body.text() hang and bodyTimeout does not fire. A malicious server can repeat this to accumulate pending promises and streams, leading to denial of service.

References

  • cna.openjsf.org/security-advisories.html
  • github.com/advisories/GHSA-pmjh-fq2x-6v4x
  • github.com/nodejs/undici/commit/3c6726599cea8646384dde846c97d630da472a74
  • github.com/nodejs/undici/commit/e905b5b87e6953bcc542af90557b2fee5b7b5974
  • github.com/nodejs/undici/releases/tag/v7.29.1
  • github.com/nodejs/undici/releases/tag/v8.10.2
  • github.com/nodejs/undici/security/advisories/GHSA-pmjh-fq2x-6v4x
  • hackerone.com/reports/3892751
  • nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-18149

Code Behaviors & Features

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Affected versions

All versions starting from 7.11.0 before 7.29.1, all versions starting from 8.0.0 before 8.10.2

Fixed versions

  • 7.29.1
  • 8.10.2

Solution

Upgrade to versions 7.29.1, 8.10.2 or above.

Impact 5.9 MEDIUM

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

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Weakness

  • CWE-772: Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime

Source file

npm/undici/CVE-2026-18149.yml

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