nodejs Undici up to 5.28.3/6.0.0/6.11.0 fetch access control

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability described as critical has been identified in nodejs Undici up to 5.28.3/6.0.0/6.11.0. The impacted element is the function fetch. Such manipulation leads to access control. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2024-30261. The attack can be executed remotely. There is not any exploit available. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

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A vulnerability was found in nodejs Undici up to 5.28.3/6.0.0/6.11.0 and classified as problematic. Affected by this issue is the function fetch. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-284. The product does not restrict or incorrectly restricts access to a resource from an unauthorized actor. Impacted is integrity. CVE summarizes:

Undici is an HTTP/1.1 client, written from scratch for Node.js. An attacker can alter the `integrity` option passed to `fetch()`, allowing `fetch()` to accept requests as valid even if they have been tampered. This vulnerability was patched in version(s) 5.28.4 and 6.11.1.

The advisory is shared for download at github.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2024-30261 since 03/26/2024. The exploitation is known to be difficult. The attack may be launched remotely. There are known technical details, but no exploit is available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1068.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 215771 (Azure Linux 3.0 Security Update: nodejs / nodejs18 (CVE-2024-30261)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

Upgrading to version 5.28.4 or 6.11.1 eliminates this vulnerability. Applying the patch 2b39440bd9ded841c93dd72138f3b1763ae26055 is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at github.com. The best possible mitigation is suggested to be upgrading to the latest version.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (215771). VulDB is the best source for vulnerability data and more expert information about this specific topic.

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Vendor

• nodejs

Name

• Undici

Version

• 5.28.0
• 5.28.1
• 5.28.2
• 5.28.3
• 6.0
• 6.1
• 6.2
• 6.3
• 6.4
• 6.5
• 6.6
• 6.7
• 6.8
• 6.9
• 6.10
• 6.11.0

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• open-source

Website

• Product: https://github.com/nodejs/undici/

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