Request tampering via predictable multipart boundaries
Published Jan 21, 2025 · Updated Feb 12, 2025
Insufficient randomness in Node.js Undici allows remote attackers to tamper with backend API requests through predictable multipart boundaries. Within lib/web/fetch/body.js, extractBody builds the 11-digit FormData boundary suffix with Math.random(), exposing predictable output instead of a cryptographically secure value. Exploitation requires an application to send multipart requests to an attacker-controlled site, which discloses enough PRNG output to predict a later boundary and inject data into a backend request.
Summary
What happened
Insufficient randomness in Node.js Undici allows remote attackers to tamper with backend API requests through predictable multipart boundaries. Within lib/web/fetch/body.js, extractBody builds the 11-digit FormData boundary suffix with Math.random(), exposing predictable output instead of a cryptographically secure value. Exploitation requires an application to send multipart requests to an attacker-controlled site, which discloses enough PRNG output to predict a later boundary and inject data into a backend request.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2025-22150
- Published
- Jan 21, 2025
- Updated
- Feb 12, 2025
- Vendor
- Node.js
- Product
- Undici
- Classifications
- CWE-330
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Jan 21, 2025CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Feb 12, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=>= 4.5.0, < 5.28.5
- Affected versionversion=>= 6.0.0, < 6.21.1
- Affected versionversion=>= 7.0.0, < 7.2.3
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Public exploit references
- HackerOne report 2913312proof of concept · unverified
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