undici is vulnerable to Malicious WebSocket 64-bit length overflows undici parser and crashes the client
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Denial of service
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · None · High
- Fix status
- Partial Red Hat: 13 fixed, 4 without a fix
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA, GitHub and Red Hat. Impact type from CWE-248.
Summary
ImpactA server can reply with a WebSocket frame using the 64-bit length form and an extremely large length. undici's ByteParser overflows internal math, ends up in an invalid state, and throws a fatal TypeError that terminates the process. Patches Patched in the undici version v7.24.0 and v6.24.0. Users should upgrade to this version or later.
Why it matters now
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
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NodeJS | undici | >= 6.0.0 < 6.24.0; 7.0.0 < 7.24.0 | 6.24.0: 7.24.0 | Patch available | CNA |
| — | undici (npm) | 6.0.0 to before 6.24.0 | 6.24.0 | Patch available | GHSA-f269-vfmq-vjvj |
| — | undici (npm) | 7.0.0 to before 7.24.0 | 7.24.0 | Patch available | GHSA-f269-vfmq-vjvj |
- undici VendorNodeJS Affected >= 6.0.0 < 6.24.0; 7.0.0 < 7.24.0 Fixed in 6.24.0: 7.24.0 Patch available CNA
- undici (npm) Vendor— Affected 6.0.0 to before 6.24.0 Fixed in 6.24.0 Patch available GHSA-f269-vfmq-vjvj
- undici (npm) Vendor— Affected 7.0.0 to before 7.24.0 Fixed in 7.24.0 Patch available GHSA-f269-vfmq-vjvj
Remediation
- Fix · CNA undici (undici) Fixed in 6.24.0: 7.24.0
- Fix · GHSA-f269-vfmq-vjvj undici (npm) Fixed in 6.24.0 Advisory →
- Fix · GHSA-f269-vfmq-vjvj undici (npm) Fixed in 7.24.0 Advisory →
Red Hat 16 advisories
- RHSA-2026:73987 Released 2026-09-30 · Red Hat rating CriticalRHOAI 3.3.7 - Red Hat OpenShift AI
- Red Hat OpenShift AI 3.3 registry.redhat.io/rhoai/odh-built-in-detector-rhel9, registry.redhat.io/rhoai/odh-dashboard-rhel9, registry.redhat.io/rhoai/odh-data-science-pipelines-argo-argoexec-rhel9 +47
- RHSA-2026:34342 Released 2026-07-01 · Red Hat rating CriticalCluster Observability Operator 1.5.0
- Cluster Observability Operator 1.5 registry.redhat.io/cluster-observability-operator/distributed-tracing-console-plugin-pf4-rhel9, registry.redhat.io/cluster-observability-operator/distributed-tracing-console-plugin-pf5-rhel9, registry.redhat.io/cluster-observability-operator/distributed-tracing-console-plugin-pf6-rhel9 +9
- RHSA-2026:21931 Released 2026-05-29 · Red Hat rating ImportantRed Hat OpenShift Pipelines Release 1.20.5
- Red Hat OpenShift Pipelines 1.20 registry.redhat.io/openshift-pipelines/pipelines-console-plugin-rhel9, registry.redhat.io/openshift-pipelines/pipelines-pipelines-as-code-controller-rhel9
Show 13 more Red Hat advisories
- RHSA-2026:21772 Released 2026-05-28 · Red Hat rating ImportantRed Hat OpenShift Dev Spaces 3.28.0 Release.
- Red Hat OpenShift Dev Spaces 3.28 registry.redhat.io/devspaces/code-rhel9, registry.redhat.io/devspaces/dashboard-rhel9, registry.redhat.io/devspaces/openvsx-rhel9 +3
- RHSA-2026:17789 Released 2026-05-26 · Red Hat rating ImportantRed Hat build of Cryostat 4.2.0: new RHEL 9 container image security update
- Cryostat 4 on RHEL 9 cryostat/cryostat-grafana-dashboard-rhel9, cryostat/cryostat-openshift-console-plugin-rhel9, cryostat/cryostat-reports-rhel9 +4
- RHSA-2026:13826 Released 2026-05-05 · Red Hat rating CriticalRed Hat Developer Hub 1.9.4 release.
- Red Hat Developer Hub 1.9 registry.redhat.io/rhdh/rhdh-hub-rhel9, registry.redhat.io/rhdh/rhdh-rhel9-operator
- RHSA-2026:9742 Released 2026-04-22 · Red Hat rating CriticalRed Hat Developer Hub 1.8.6 release.
- Red Hat Developer Hub 1.8 registry.redhat.io/rhdh/rhdh-hub-rhel9, registry.redhat.io/rhdh/rhdh-rhel9-operator
- RHSA-2026:7983 Released 2026-04-14 · Red Hat rating Importantnodejs:22 security update
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS (v.9.6) nodejs-1:22.22.2-1.module+el9.6.0+24196+39669d4e.aarch64::nodejs:22, nodejs-1:22.22.2-1.module+el9.6.0+24196+39669d4e.ppc64le::nodejs:22, nodejs-1:22.22.2-1.module+el9.6.0+24196+39669d4e.s390x::nodejs:22 +28
- RHSA-2026:7670 Released 2026-04-13 · Red Hat rating Importantnodejs:24 security update
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8) nodejs-1:24.14.1-2.module+el8.10.0+24190+49a46c75.aarch64::nodejs:24, nodejs-1:24.14.1-2.module+el8.10.0+24190+49a46c75.ppc64le::nodejs:24, nodejs-1:24.14.1-2.module+el8.10.0+24190+49a46c75.s390x::nodejs:24 +25
- RHSA-2026:7675 Released 2026-04-13 · Red Hat rating Importantnodejs24 security update
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 10) nodejs24-1:24.14.1-2.el10_1, nodejs24-devel-1:24.14.1-2.el10_1, nodejs24-docs-1:24.14.1-2.el10_1 +3
- RHSA-2026:7350 Released 2026-04-09 · Red Hat rating Importantnodejs:24 security update
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9) nodejs-1:24.14.1-2.module+el9.7.0+24166+51c9666b.aarch64::nodejs:24, nodejs-1:24.14.1-2.module+el9.7.0+24166+51c9666b.ppc64le::nodejs:24, nodejs-1:24.14.1-2.module+el9.7.0+24166+51c9666b.s390x::nodejs:24 +25
- RHSA-2026:7310 Released 2026-04-09 · Red Hat rating Importantnodejs22 security update
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS (v. 10.0) nodejs-1:22.22.2-2.el10_0, nodejs-devel-1:22.22.2-2.el10_0, nodejs-docs-1:22.22.2-2.el10_0 +4
- RHSA-2026:7302 Released 2026-04-09 · Red Hat rating Importantnodejs:22 security update
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9) nodejs-1:22.22.2-1.module+el9.7.0+24157+8ddb2461.aarch64::nodejs:22, nodejs-1:22.22.2-1.module+el9.7.0+24157+8ddb2461.ppc64le::nodejs:22, nodejs-1:22.22.2-1.module+el9.7.0+24157+8ddb2461.s390x::nodejs:22 +28
- RHSA-2026:7123 Released 2026-04-08 · Red Hat rating Importantnodejs:22 security update
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8) nodejs-1:22.22.2-1.module+el8.10.0+24148+847b6786.aarch64::nodejs:22, nodejs-1:22.22.2-1.module+el8.10.0+24148+847b6786.ppc64le::nodejs:22, nodejs-1:22.22.2-1.module+el8.10.0+24148+847b6786.s390x::nodejs:22 +28
- RHSA-2026:7080 Released 2026-04-08 · Red Hat rating Importantnodejs22 security update
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 10) nodejs-1:22.22.2-1.el10_1, nodejs-devel-1:22.22.2-1.el10_1, nodejs-docs-1:22.22.2-1.el10_1 +4
- RHSA-2026:5807 Released 2026-03-25 · Red Hat rating ImportantRHOAI 2.16.4 - Red Hat OpenShift AI
- Red Hat OpenShift AI 2.16 registry.redhat.io/rhoai/odh-codeflare-operator-rhel8, registry.redhat.io/rhoai/odh-dashboard-rhel8, registry.redhat.io/rhoai/odh-data-science-pipelines-argo-argoexec-rhel8 +12
Vendor assessments
Red Hat
Red Hat rating: Important. Red Hat's page for this CVE →
| Product | Status | Plan or fix |
|---|---|---|
| OpenShift Lightspeed | Affected | No fix yet |
| OpenShift Pipelines | Affected | No fix yet |
| Red Hat Developer Hub 1 | Affected | No fix planned: Will not fix |
| Self-service automation portal 2 | Affected | No fix yet |
| Cluster Observability Operator 1.5 | Fixed | RHSA-2026:34342 |
| Cryostat 4 on RHEL 9 | Fixed | RHSA-2026:17789 |
| Red Hat Developer Hub 1.8 | Fixed | RHSA-2026:9742 |
| Red Hat Developer Hub 1.9 | Fixed | RHSA-2026:13826 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 10) | Fixed | RHSA-2026:7080, RHSA-2026:7675 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8) | Fixed | RHSA-2026:7123, RHSA-2026:7670 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9) | Fixed | RHSA-2026:7302, RHSA-2026:7350 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS (v. 10.0) | Fixed | RHSA-2026:7310 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS (v.9.6) | Fixed | RHSA-2026:7983 |
| Red Hat OpenShift AI 2.16 | Fixed | RHSA-2026:5807 |
| Red Hat OpenShift AI 3.3 | Fixed | RHSA-2026:73987 |
| Red Hat OpenShift Dev Spaces 3.28 | Fixed | RHSA-2026:21772 |
| Red Hat OpenShift Pipelines 1.20 | Fixed | RHSA-2026:21931 |
Not affected: 12 products
- Cluster Observability Operator 1.5
- Cryostat 4 on RHEL 9
- Red Hat Developer Hub 1.8
- Red Hat Developer Hub 1.9
- Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 8
- Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform Expansion Pack
- Red Hat OpenShift AI (RHOAI)
- Red Hat OpenShift AI 2.16
- Red Hat OpenShift AI 3.3
- Red Hat OpenShift Dev Spaces
- Red Hat OpenShift Dev Spaces 3.28
- Red Hat OpenShift Pipelines 1.20
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-1528
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-f269-vfmq-vjvj
- 2026-10-07 Fix available: RHSA-2026:73987 · Red Hat
- 2026-10-10 Fix available: Red Hat OpenShift Pipelines 1.20 · Red Hat
- 2026-10-27 Affected versions changed · Red Hat
- 2026-11-05 Fix available: Cluster Observability Operator 1.5 · Red Hat
- 2026-11-08 Priority changed: LOW → MEDIUM
References
More NodeJS Undici vulnerabilities
- TI-2026-01215 undici is vulnerable to Inconsistent Interpretation of HTTP Requests ('HTTP Request/Response Smuggling') CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2022-16376 `undici.request` vulnerable to SSRF using absolute URL on `pathname` CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2023-09734 CRLF Injection in Nodejs ‘undici’ via host CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.5
- TI-2022-13193 CRLF injection in request headers CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.5
- TI-2022-16375 CRLF Injection in Nodejs ‘undici’ via Content-Type CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.3
- TI-2022-13194 Uncleared cookies on cross-host/cross-origin redirect in undici CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.5
Sources
- CVE-2026-1528 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-1528 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-f269-vfmq-vjvj · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2026-1528 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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