CVE-2018-12116 (GCVE-0-2018-12116)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2018-11-28 17:00 – Updated: 2024-08-05 08:24
VLAI
Summary
Node.js: All versions prior to Node.js 6.15.0 and 8.14.0: HTTP request splitting: If Node.js can be convinced to use unsanitized user-provided Unicode data for the `path` option of an HTTP request, then data can be provided which will trigger a second, unexpected, and user-defined HTTP request to made to the same server.
Severity
7.5 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
CWE
  • CWE-115 - Misinterpretation of Input
Assigner
References
URL Tags
https://nodejs.org/en/blog/vulnerability/november… x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1821 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202003-48 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
The Node.js Project Node.js Affected: All versions prior to Node.js 6.15.0 and 8.14.0
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Date Public
2018-11-28 00:00
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      "source": "Red Hat CSAF VEX",
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      "title": "SUSE CVE CVE-2018-12116",
      "url": "https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/csaf-vex/cve-2018-12116.json",
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    }
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}



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