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GHSA-m8rv-5g2x-5cg5

undici vulnerable to CRLF Injection via blob-like body 'type' property

Quick fix

GHSA-m8rv-5g2x-5cg5 — undici: upgrade to the fixed version with the command below.

npm install undici@6.28.0

Details

### Impact

When an application passes a duck-typed blob-like body to undici's HTTP/1.1 dispatcher (via `request()`, `stream()`, `pipeline()`, or `dispatch()`) with a `.type` derived from untrusted input, an attacker can inject CRLF sequences (`\r\n`) to append arbitrary HTTP headers and potentially smuggle a second request past the upstream.

The vulnerable branch in `lib/dispatcher/client-h1.js` pushes `body.type` directly into the outgoing headers with no validation, while every other header path in undici goes through `isValidHeaderValue()`:

```javascript } else if (util.isBlobLike(body) && request.contentType == null && body.type) { headers.push('content-type', body.type) // bypasses isValidHeaderValue() } ```

The bug requires a hand-rolled duck-typed blob object or a Blob subclass with a controlled `.type`. Native `Blob` is safe because its constructor strips CRLF from `.type`. `fetch()` is unaffected because it validates via the `Headers` class. Ecosystem consumers that build duck-typed blob shapes from user input include `form-data-encoder`, `formdata-polyfill`, and `formdata-node`.

Same defect class as `CVE-2022-35948` (explicit `content-type` sink, fixed in undici 5.8.2) and `CVE-2026-1527` (`upgrade` option sink, fixed in 6.24.0 / 7.24.0), both closed by adding `isValidHeaderValue()` on their respective sinks. This branch was missed.

### Patches

Patched in undici v6.28.0, v7.29.0, and v8.9.0. Users should upgrade to one of these versions or later.

### Workarounds

- Set an explicit, validated `content-type` header on the request options (skips the vulnerable branch). - Use a native `Blob` (or `fetch-blob`) instead of a hand-rolled duck-typed object. - Reject control characters in the MIME type before assigning it to `.type`. - Use `fetch()` instead of the non-`fetch` APIs.

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Affected packages

npm / undici
Introduced in: 0 Fixed in: 6.28.0
Fix npm install undici@6.28.0
npm / undici
Introduced in: 7.0.0 Fixed in: 7.29.0
Fix npm install undici@7.29.0
npm / undici
Introduced in: 8.0.0 Fixed in: 8.9.0
Fix npm install undici@8.9.0

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