GitHub Advisoryadvisory · npm
GHSA-rx4f-c7p8-82vq undici vulnerable to Denial of Service via WebSocketStream unclean close
MEDIUM
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- Aliases
- CVE-2026-85014
- Ecosystem
- npm
- Packages
- undici
- Severity
- Moderate
- CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- Weaknesses
- CWE-248, CWE-754
- 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 `WebSocketStream` crashes the client process when a WebSocket connection is closed abruptly without a close handshake. On such an unclean close, the internal socket-close handler calls `abort()` on the writable stream even when the application holds a writer lock. Per the WHATWG Streams standard, aborting a locked stream returns a promise that rejects with a `TypeError`, and the handler discards that promise. The unobserved rejection surfaces as an `unhandledRejection` and, under Node.js's default behavior, terminates the process.
A malicious or compromised WebSocket server can crash a client with a single connection teardown (a TCP reset, a proxy teardown, or a protocol-violating frame). Affected applications are those using the `WebSocketStream` API and writing through a writer, which is the standard way to write.
All releases from undici 7.0.0 are affected. WebSocketStream was introduced in 7.0.0.
Patches
Upgrade to undici v7.29.1 or v8.10.2.
Workarounds
No workaround is available.
Related
Alias · CVE (1)
- CVE-2026-85014 undici's experimental WebSocketStream client crashes the whole Node.js process when a remote peer closes the TCP connection without a… vulnerability
References
- https://github.com/nodejs/undici/security/advisories/GHSA-rx4f-c7p8-82vq web
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-85014 advisory
- https://github.com/nodejs/undici/commit/1858656ebb1e919311c1f31613dfd581b7214349 web
- https://github.com/nodejs/undici/commit/662d0ea671fe64139e79533c913fce412765e1d7 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