GitHub Advisoryadvisory · npm
GHSA-8436-99hf-9mmv undici vulnerable to caching and replay of unsafe HTTP method responses
LOW
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- 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
- https://github.com/nodejs/undici/security/advisories/GHSA-8436-99hf-9mmv web
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-85008 advisory
- https://github.com/nodejs/undici/commit/2be07bf97b3022e0324142d31f99f6e019d815e3 web
- https://github.com/nodejs/undici/commit/b61d9432bac7caac51273ad209862e4c0bf935ae web
- https://cna.openjsf.org/security-advisories.html web
- https://github.com/nodejs/undici package
- https://github.com/nodejs/undici/releases/tag/v7.29.1 web
- https://github.com/nodejs/undici/releases/tag/v8.10.2 web