A vulnerability was found in Node.js 10/12/13 (JavaScript Library) and classified as critical. This issue affects an unknown functionality of the component Transfer Encoding Handler. The manipulation as part of a HTTP Request leads to a request smuggling vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-444. The product acts as an intermediary HTTP agent (such as a proxy or firewall) in the data flow between two entities such as a client and server, but it does not interpret malformed HTTP requests or responses in ways that are consistent with how the messages will be processed by those entities that are at the ultimate destination. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

HTTP request smuggling in Node.js 10, 12, and 13 causes malicious payload delivery when transfer-encoding is malformed

The weakness was released 02/07/2020 (Website). The advisory is shared at nodejs.org. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2019-15605 since 08/26/2019. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at 149800 and 149802.

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