CVE-2020-8201

HIGH

Node.js < 12.18.4-14.11 - Open Redirect

Title source: llm

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.

References (6)

[Third Party Advisory] http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-10/msg00011.html

[Permissions Required] https://hackerone.com/reports/922597

[Vendor Advisory] https://nodejs.org/en/blog/vulnerability/september-2020-security-releases/

[Third Party Advisory] https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202101-07

[Third Party Advisory] https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20201009-0004/

[Mailing List, Third Party Advisory] https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/4OOYAMJVLLCLXDTHW3V5UXNULZBBK4O6/

Scores

CVSS v3 7.4

EPSS 0.0064

EPSS Percentile 70.3%

Attack Vector NETWORK

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

Classification

CWE

CWE-444

Status published

Affected Products (4)

nodejs/node.js < 12.18.4

nodejs/node.js < 14.11.0

opensuse/leap

fedoraproject/fedora

Timeline

Published Sep 18, 2020

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026