Detections
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CVE-2026-21710
high
Description
A flaw in Node.js HTTP request handling causes an uncaught TypeError when a request is received with a header named __proto__ and the application accesses req.headersDistinct. When this occurs, dest["__proto__"] resolves to Object.prototype rather than undefined, causing .push() to be called on a non-array. This exception is thrown synchronously inside a property getter and cannot be intercepted by error event listeners, meaning it cannot be handled without wrapping every req.headersDistinct access in a try/catch. Thank you, to yushengchen for reporting this vulnerability and thank you mcollina for fixing it.