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TI-2024-18583 Aliases CVE-2024-27982GHSA-hg6j-8h7m-3w3j

The team has identified a critical vulnerability in the http server of the most recent…

Priority LOW 37CWE-444Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
—
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
None · Low · Low
Fix status
Partial Red Hat: 4 fixed, 2 without a fix

Attack profile from CVSS 3.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat.

Summary

The team has identified a critical vulnerability in the http server of the most recent version of Node, where malformed headers can lead to HTTP request smuggling. Specifically, if a space is placed before a content-length header, it is not interpreted correctly, enabling attackers to smuggle in a second request within the body of the first.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.01155 67th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Partial Node (NodeJS): 18.20.1, 20.12.1, 21.7.2Red Hat: 7 advisoriesRed Hat: 4 fixed, 2 without a fix

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
None
Automatable
Yes
Technical impact
Partial

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
NodeJSNode4.0 and later; 5.0 and later; 6.0 and later; 7.0 and later; 8.0 and later; 9.0 and later; 10.0 and later; 11.0 and later; 12.0 and later; 13.0 and later; 14.0 and later; 15.0 and later; 16.0 and later; 17.0 and later; 18.0 to before 18.20.1; 19.0 and later; 20.0 to before 20.12.1; 21.0 to before 21.7.218.20.1, 20.12.1, 21.7.2Patch availableCNA
  • Node VendorNodeJS Affected 4.0 and later; 5.0 and later; 6.0 and later; 7.0 and later; 8.0 and later; 9.0 and later; 10.0 and later; 11.0 and later; 12.0 and later; 13.0 and later; 14.0 and later; 15.0 and later; 16.0 and later; 17.0 and later; 18.0 to before 18.20.1; 19.0 and later; 20.0 to before 20.12.1; 21.0 to before 21.7.2 Fixed in 18.20.1, 20.12.1, 21.7.2 Patch available CNA

CPE names CISA-ADP · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:nodejs:node.js:-:*:*:*:*:-:*:*not specified by CISA-ADP—NodeJS
  • cpe:2.3:a:nodejs:node.js:-:*:*:*:*:-:*:* Versions not specified by CISA-ADP — ·NodeJS

Remediation

  • Fix · CNA Node (NodeJS) Fixed in 18.20.1, 20.12.1, 21.7.2

Red Hat 7 advisories

  • RHSA-2024:4559 Released 2024-07-16 · Red Hat rating Moderate
    nodejs security update
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS (v.9.2) nodejs-1:16.20.2-6.el9_2.3, nodejs-docs-1:16.20.2-6.el9_2.3, nodejs-full-i18n-1:16.20.2-6.el9_2.3 +2
  • RHSA-2024:3545 Released 2024-06-03 · Red Hat rating Important
    nodejs security update
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS (v.9.0) nodejs-1:16.20.2-6.el9_0, nodejs-docs-1:16.20.2-6.el9_0, nodejs-full-i18n-1:16.20.2-6.el9_0 +2
  • RHSA-2024:2910 Released 2024-05-20 · Red Hat rating Important
    nodejs security update
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9) nodejs-1:16.20.2-8.el9_4, nodejs-docs-1:16.20.2-8.el9_4, nodejs-full-i18n-1:16.20.2-8.el9_4 +2
Show 4 more Red Hat advisories
  • RHSA-2024:2853 Released 2024-05-15 · Red Hat rating Important
    nodejs:20 security update
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9) nodejs-1:20.12.2-2.module+el9.4.0+21731+46b5b8a7.aarch64::nodejs:20, nodejs-1:20.12.2-2.module+el9.4.0+21731+46b5b8a7.ppc64le::nodejs:20, nodejs-1:20.12.2-2.module+el9.4.0+21731+46b5b8a7.s390x::nodejs:20 +20
  • RHSA-2024:2780 Released 2024-05-09 · Red Hat rating Important
    nodejs:18 security update
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8) nodejs-1:18.20.2-1.module+el8.9.0+21767+537f34ee.aarch64::nodejs:18, nodejs-1:18.20.2-1.module+el8.9.0+21767+537f34ee.ppc64le::nodejs:18, nodejs-1:18.20.2-1.module+el8.9.0+21767+537f34ee.s390x::nodejs:18 +20
  • RHSA-2024:2778 Released 2024-05-09 · Red Hat rating Important
    nodejs:20 security update
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8) nodejs-1:20.12.2-2.module+el8.9.0+21743+0b3f1be2.aarch64::nodejs:20, nodejs-1:20.12.2-2.module+el8.9.0+21743+0b3f1be2.ppc64le::nodejs:20, nodejs-1:20.12.2-2.module+el8.9.0+21743+0b3f1be2.s390x::nodejs:20 +20
  • RHSA-2024:2779 Released 2024-05-09 · Red Hat rating Important
    nodejs:18 security update
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9) nodejs-1:18.20.2-2.module+el9.4.0+21742+692df1ea.aarch64::nodejs:18, nodejs-1:18.20.2-2.module+el9.4.0+21742+692df1ea.ppc64le::nodejs:18, nodejs-1:18.20.2-2.module+el9.4.0+21742+692df1ea.s390x::nodejs:18 +20

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →

ProductStatusPlan or fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8AffectedNo fix planned: Will not fix
Red Hat Software CollectionsAffectedNo fix planned: Will not fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8)Fixed RHSA-2024:2778, RHSA-2024:2780
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9)Fixed RHSA-2024:2779, RHSA-2024:2853, RHSA-2024:2910
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS (v.9.0)Fixed RHSA-2024:3545
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS (v.9.2)Fixed RHSA-2024:4559
Not affected: 1 product
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2024-27982
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-hg6j-8h7m-3w3j

References

Other 1

  • TI-2026-79288 Out-of-bounds write in Google Brotli decoder KEVCVSS 4.0CRITICAL 9.2
  • TI-2023-23979 The HTTP/2 protocol allows a denial of service (server resource consumption) because… KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2024-18584 Race condition in NodeJS Node CVSS 3.0HIGH 8.2
  • TI-2016-01993 The DES and Triple DES ciphers, as used in the TLS, SSH, and IPSec protocols and other… CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2024-03325 Command injection vulnerability in programing languages on Microsoft Windows operating system. CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2022-03472 X.509 Email Address Variable Length Buffer Overflow CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
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