Medium severity · published Jan 6, 2021
CVE-2020-8287
Node.js versions before 10.23.1, 12.20.1, 14.15.4, 15.5.1 allow two copies of a header field in an HTTP request (for example, two Transfer-Encoding header fields)
6.5
CVSS
16.3%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Node.js versions before 10.23.1, 12.20.1, 14.15.4, 15.5.1 allow two copies of a header field in an HTTP request (for example, two Transfer-Encoding header fields). In this case, Node.js identifies the first header field and ignores the second. This can lead to HTTP Request Smuggling.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)16.3% · higher than 97% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
DL
Debian Linux · Debian
10.0 · source: NVD
FE
Fedora · Fedoraproject
32; 33 · source: NVD
GR
Graalvm · Oracle
19.3.4; 20.3.0 · source: NVD
NO
Node.js · Nodejs
10.0.0 before 10.23.1; 12.0.0 before 12.20.1; 14.0.0 before 14.15.4; 15.0.0 before 15.5.1 · source: NVD
SI
Sinec Infrastructure Network Services · Siemens
before 1.0.1.1 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-8287
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-8287
Patch
https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-389290.pdf
Exploit
https://hackerone.com/reports/1002188
Mailing List
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/12/msg00009.html
lists.fedoraproject.org
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/H472D5HPXN6RRXCNFML3BK5OYC52CXF2/
lists.fedoraproject.org
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/K4I6MZNC7C7VIDQR267OL4TVCI3ZKAC4/
Patch
https://nodejs.org/en/blog/vulnerability/january-2021-security-releases/
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