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CVE-2021-22959 (GCVE-0-2021-22959)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2021-11-15 14:45 – Updated: 2025-04-30 22:24
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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
6.5 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
CWE
  • CWE-444 - HTTP Request Smuggling (CWE-444)
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
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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