CVE-2026-120415: undici vulnerable to cross-origin credential disclosure via array-of-tuples headers bypassing redirect stripping

Published Nov 6, 2026
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Updated

undici is an HTTP client for Node.js. In versions 7.0.0 through 7.30.1 and 8.0.0 through 8.12.3, the redirect interceptor strips sensitive headers such as Authorization, Cookie, Proxy-Authorization, and Host when a request is redirected to a different origin, but when request headers are supplied as an array of name and value tuples (a valid documented input, for example from Object.entries), the redirect handler misreads them as a flat list so the header names never match and the sensitive headers are not removed. If a header-normalizing interceptor such as cache or deduplicate is composed outside the redirect interceptor, it then serializes the retained headers onto the cross-origin request, disclosing the caller's origin-bound credentials to the unrelated redirect destination. This is a representation-dependent bypass of the cross-origin header stripping added in CVE-2024-30260. The issue is fixed in undici 7.30.2 and 8.12.4, and users should upgrade to one of those versions or later. As a workaround, supply request headers as a plain object or a flat name and value array rather than an array of tuples, or compose the redirect interceptor outside the normalizing interceptor.

Remediation

Recommended actions to resolve this vulnerability, in priority order.

  1. Upgrade

    Upgrade undici to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 7.30.2
  2. Upgrade

    Upgrade undici to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 8.12.4
  3. Compensating control

    As a workaround, supply request headers as a plain object or a flat name-and-value array rather than an array of tuples, or compose the redirect interceptor outside the header-normalizing interceptor.

Event History

Nov 6, 2026
CVE Published
via MITRE·10:10 AM
Data Sourced
via MITRE·10:10 AM
DescriptionSeverityWeakness

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