CVE-2026-1527

undici is vulnerable to CRLF Injection via upgrade option

Published Mar 12, 2026 CVSS 3.1 · 4.6 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
ImpactWhen an application passes user-controlled input to the upgrade option of client.request(), an attacker can inject CRLF sequences (\r\n) to:

* Inject arbitrary HTTP headers
* Terminate the HTTP request prematurely and smuggle raw data to non-HTTP services (Redis, Memcached, Elasticsearch)
The vulnerability exists because undici writes the upgrade value directly to the socket without validating for invalid header characters:

// lib/dispatcher/client-h1.js:1121
if (upgrade) {
header += `connection: upgrade\r\nupgrade: ${upgrade}\r\n`
}

Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-4992-7rv2-5pvq Undici has CRLF Injection in undici via `upgrade` option
History
Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Nodejs
Nodejs undici
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:nodejs:undici:*:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:*
Vendors & Products Nodejs
Nodejs undici
Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Undici
Undici undici
Vendors & Products Undici
Undici undici
Type Values Removed Values Added
Description ImpactWhen an application passes user-controlled input to the upgrade option of client.request(), an attacker can inject CRLF sequences (\r\n) to: * Inject arbitrary HTTP headers * Terminate the HTTP request prematurely and smuggle raw data to non-HTTP services (Redis, Memcached, Elasticsearch) The vulnerability exists because undici writes the upgrade value directly to the socket without validating for invalid header characters: // lib/dispatcher/client-h1.js:1121 if (upgrade) { header += `connection: upgrade\r\nupgrade: ${upgrade}\r\n` }
Title undici is vulnerable to CRLF Injection via upgrade option
Weaknesses CWE-93
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 4.6, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N'}

Weaknesses

Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
openjs
Published
Updated
Mar 13, 2026, 6:06 PM
Reserved
Jan 28, 2026, 12:05 PM
Status
Analyzed
Published
Mar 12, 2026, 9:16 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 10:16 AM
Severity
Moderate
Public date
Mar 12, 2026, 8:17 PM