Server-side request forgery via absolute pathname parsing
Published Aug 12, 2022 · Updated Apr 22, 2025
Server-side request forgery in Node.js Undici 5.8.1 and earlier allows remote attackers to reach unintended network destinations. The request URL parser supplies a user-controlled path or pathname to the URL constructor as a base-relative reference, allowing an absolute value to replace the configured origin. Exposure requires a consuming application to pass remote input into undici.request; successful exploitation sends requests to hosts reachable from that application's network context.
Summary
What happened
Server-side request forgery in Node.js Undici 5.8.1 and earlier allows remote attackers to reach unintended network destinations. The request URL parser supplies a user-controlled path or pathname to the URL constructor as a base-relative reference, allowing an absolute value to replace the configured origin. Exposure requires a consuming application to pass remote input into undici.request; successful exploitation sends requests to hosts reachable from that application's network context.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2022-35949
- Published
- Aug 12, 2022
- Updated
- Apr 22, 2025
- Vendor
- Node.js
- Product
- Undici
- Classifications
- CWE-918, T1190
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Aug 12, 2022CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Apr 22, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=<= 5.8.1
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