CVE-2021-22959 (GCVE-0-2021-22959)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2021-11-15 14:45 – Updated: 2025-04-30 22:24
VLAI?
Summary
The parser in accepts requests with a space (SP) right after the header name before the colon. This can lead to HTTP Request Smuggling (HRS) in llhttp < v2.1.4 and < v6.0.6.
Severity ?
No CVSS data available.
CWE
- CWE-444 - HTTP Request Smuggling (CWE-444)
Assigner
References
3 references
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://hackerone.com/reports/1238709 | x_refsource_MISC |
| https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2022.html | x_refsource_MISC |
| https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5170 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN |
Impacted products
1 product
| Vendor | Product | Version | |
|---|---|---|---|
| NodeJS | Node |
Affected:
4.0 , < 4.*
(semver)
Affected: 5.0 , < 5.* (semver) Affected: 6.0 , < 6.* (semver) Affected: 7.0 , < 7.* (semver) Affected: 8.0 , < 8.* (semver) Affected: 9.0 , < 9.* (semver) Affected: 10.0 , < 10.* (semver) Affected: 11.0 , < 11.* (semver) Affected: 12.0 , < 12.22.7 (semver) Affected: 13.0 , < 13.* (semver) Affected: 14.0 , < 14.18.1 (semver) Affected: 15.0 , < 15.* (semver) Affected: 16.0 , < 16.11.1 (semver) |
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