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CVE-2026-87018GHSA-qrxm-fqhp-jwvm

undici vulnerable to Denial of Service via TLS 1.2 certificate-changing renegotiation

undici undici
CVSS
7.5High
ExploitationNo known exploitationNot in CISA KEV, which does not prove it is unexploitedCISA KEV
Exploit odds (EPSS)0.19%Chance of exploitation activity in the next 30 days, higher than 7% of CVEs. Scored 23 Oct 2026FIRST EPSS
Fixed in6.29.1Also 7.30.1, 8.12.2CVE List
Published15 Oct 2026Updated 16 Oct 2026CVE List

What fixes it

A fixed version on one release line is not the upgrade target for every line. Check your exact version and any vendor backports.

Description

undici is an HTTP client library for Node.js. In versions 4.2.1 through 6.29.0, 7.0.0 through 7.30.0, and 8.0.0 through 8.12.1, the client process crashes when a TLS 1.2 server renegotiates after the connection is established and presents a different, CA-trusted certificate whose hostname does not match the requested host. Node.js re-runs hostname verification on the renegotiated handshake and destroys the socket with a certificate-altname error, but undici's established-socket error handler asserted that this error code could never occur, so the peer-controlled error became an uncaught assertion that terminates the Node.js process, affecting both the HTTP/1.1 and HTTP/2 paths. A malicious or compromised HTTPS endpoint reached through undici or the global fetch() can crash the client with a single server-initiated renegotiation, taking down all in-flight requests and background work in the process, and exploitation needs no CA compromise because the attacker controls the endpoint and can present two ordinary valid certificates. Only TLS 1.2 is affected, since TLS 1.3 does not support renegotiation. The issue is fixed in undici 6.29.1, 7.30.1, and 8.12.2, and users should upgrade to one of those versions or later. As a workaround, restrict outbound connections to TLS 1.3 so renegotiation cannot occur, when the target endpoints support it.

Text from CVE List

Affected versions 9

  • undiciaffected: 4.2.1 before 6.29.1CVE List
  • undiciunaffected: 6.29.1CVE List
  • undiciaffected: 7.0.0 before 7.30.1CVE List
  • undiciunaffected: 7.30.1CVE List
  • undiciaffected: 8.0.0 before 8.12.2CVE List
  • undiciunaffected: 8.12.2CVE List
  • undici, npm>= 4.2.1, < 6.29.1GitHub
  • undici, npm>= 7.0.0, < 7.30.1GitHub
  • undici, npm>= 8.0.0, < 8.12.2GitHub

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