GitHub Advisoryadvisory · npm

GHSA-8436-99hf-9mmv undici vulnerable to caching and replay of unsafe HTTP method responses

LOW Published 2026-09-29 Modified 2026-09-29 Official page ↗
Aliases
CVE-2026-85008
Ecosystem
npm
Packages
undici
Severity
Low
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
Weaknesses
CWE-345
Reviewed
2026-09-29

Affected packages

• npm undici: >= 7.0.0, < 7.29.1 → fixed in 7.29.1 • npm undici: >= 8.0.0, < 8.10.2 → fixed in 8.10.2

Description

Impact undici's `interceptors.cache()` documents that it caches only safe HTTP methods. However, its internal skip-list is built by subtracting the configured methods from the safe-methods set, so an unsafe method (`POST`, `PUT`, `PATCH`, `DELETE`) never lands in the skip-list and is looked up against the cache store. Combined with the storage gate (`canCacheResponse`) having no method check, a heuristically-cacheable response (for example a `404`) with an explicit `Cache-Control: max-age=...` to an unsafe method is stored and replayed on a subsequent identical request. The application's state-changing request never reaches the origin, and undici serves a fabricated response from the cache instead. This occurs with the default configuration (`methods: ['GET']`), which the public API does not allow widening to unsafe methods, so no application misuse is required; an untrusted origin can trigger it purely through its own response headers. Patches Upgrade to `7.29.1` or `8.10.2`. The cache interceptor no longer reads from or writes to the cache for unsafe HTTP methods, while still invalidating existing cache entries on successful unsafe requests. Workarounds None.

Related

Alias · CVE (1)

  • CVE-2026-85008 undici's cache interceptor documents that only safe HTTP methods are cached, but its logic to skip caching is built by subtracting the… vulnerability

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-345 Insufficient Verification of Data Authenticity weakness

References