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CVE-2020-8201

UNKNOWN
Published 2020-09-18T20:12:43
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Description

Node.js < 12.18.4 and < 14.11 can be exploited to perform HTTP desync attacks and deliver malicious payloads to unsuspecting users. The payloads can be crafted by an attacker to hijack user sessions, poison cookies, perform clickjacking, and a multitude of other attacks depending on the architecture of the underlying system. The attack was possible due to a bug in processing of carrier-return symbols in the HTTP header names.

Available Exploits

No exploits available for this CVE.

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Affected Products

NodeJS

Node

Affected Versions:

4.0 5.0 6.0 7.0 8.0 9.0 11.0 12.0 13.0 14.0

GitHub Security Advisories

Community-driven vulnerability intelligence from GitHub

⚠ Unreviewed CRITICAL

GHSA-7mcp-gwc2-4c6m

Advisory Details

Node.js < 12.18.4 and < 14.11 can be exploited to perform HTTP desync attacks and deliver malicious payloads to unsuspecting users. The payloads can be crafted by an attacker to hijack user sessions, poison cookies, perform clickjacking, and a multitude of other attacks depending on the architecture of the underlying system. The attack was possible due to a bug in processing of carrier-return symbols in the HTTP header names.

CVSS Scoring

CVSS Score

9.0

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

References

ADVISORY https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-8201
WEB https://hackerone.com/reports/922597
WEB https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/4OOYAMJVLLCLXDTHW3V5UXNULZBBK4O6
WEB https://nodejs.org/en/blog/vulnerability/september-2020-security-releases
WEB https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202101-07
WEB https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20201009-0004
WEB http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-10/msg00011.html

Advisory provided by GitHub Security Advisory Database. Published: May 24, 2022, Modified: May 25, 2022

References

https://nodejs.org/en/blog/vulnerability/september-2020-security-releases/
https://hackerone.com/reports/922597
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-10/msg00011.html
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20201009-0004/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/4OOYAMJVLLCLXDTHW3V5UXNULZBBK4O6/
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202101-07
Published: 2020-09-18T20:12:43
Last Modified: 2025-04-30T22:24:25.163Z
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