CVE-2026-22036

high

Description

Undici is an HTTP/1.1 client for Node.js. Prior to 7.18.0 and 6.23.0, the number of links in the decompression chain is unbounded and the default maxHeaderSize allows a malicious server to insert thousands compression steps leading to high CPU usage and excessive memory allocation. This vulnerability is fixed in 7.18.0 and 6.23.0.

References

https://github.com/nodejs/undici/security/advisories/GHSA-g9mf-h72j-4rw9

https://github.com/nodejs/undici/commit/b04e3cbb569c1596f86c108e9b52c79d8475dcb3

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2026-01-14

Updated: 2026-01-22

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00039