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CVE-2018-12116

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 4.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2018-11-28 · updated 2026-10-08
• Weakness: CWE-115

Description

Node.js: All versions prior to Node.js 6.15.0 and 8.14.0: HTTP request splitting: If Node.js can be convinced to use unsanitized user-provided Unicode data for the `path` option of an HTTP request, then data can be provided which will trigger a second, unexpected, and user-defined HTTP request to made to the same server.

Affected products

• Node.js: from 6.0.0 through 6.8.1; from 6.9.0 before 6.15.0; from 8.0.0 through 8.8.1; from 8.9.0 before 8.14.0 — fixed in 6.15.0, 8.14.0
• Suse Enterprise Storage: 4
• SUSE Linux Enterprise: 12, 15
• Suse Openstack Cloud: 7, 8

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Node.js 6.15.0, 8.14.0. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1821
• https://nodejs.org/en/blog/vulnerability/november-2018-security-releases/
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202003-48
• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1821
• https://nodejs.org/en/blog/vulnerability/november-2018-security-releases/
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202003-48

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