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undici vulnerable to cross-origin cache poisoning via missing origin isolation in interceptors

High
mcollina published GHSA-vp8m-p9jh-q5pm Sep 4, 2026

Package

npm undici (npm)

Affected versions

>= 8.10.0, < 8.10.2

Patched versions

8.10.2

Description

Impact

When interceptors.cache() or interceptors.deduplicate() is used with a dispatcher that does not carry a single authoritative origin, or when a request supplies its own origin, undici builds the cache and deduplication keys without the actual destination origin. If a cache store or interceptor instance is shared across more than one origin, otherwise-identical requests to different origins are keyed together.

An attacker who controls the response from one origin can then have that response returned for a request to a different, trusted origin when the method, path, and relevant headers match. This allows cross-origin information disclosure and persistent cache poisoning, including chains such as JWKS cache poisoning where a token signed with an attacker-held key is accepted as belonging to a trusted issuer.

Applications that share interceptors.cache() or interceptors.deduplicate() state across origins are affected. An Agent is not affected, because its dispatch options include the request origin.

This was introduced in undici 8.10.0 and affects 8.10.0 and 8.10.1.

Patches

Upgrade to undici v8.10.2.

Workarounds

Use a separate cache store and a separate interceptor instance for each origin, and do not share them across origins.

Severity

High

CVSS overall score

This score calculates overall vulnerability severity from 0 to 10 and is based on the Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS).
/ 10

CVSS v3 base metrics

Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
High
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
None

CVSS v3 base metrics

Attack vector: More severe the more the remote (logically and physically) an attacker can be in order to exploit the vulnerability.
Attack complexity: More severe for the least complex attacks.
Privileges required: More severe if no privileges are required.
User interaction: More severe when no user interaction is required.
Scope: More severe when a scope change occurs, e.g. one vulnerable component impacts resources in components beyond its security scope.
Confidentiality: More severe when loss of data confidentiality is highest, measuring the level of data access available to an unauthorized user.
Integrity: More severe when loss of data integrity is the highest, measuring the consequence of data modification possible by an unauthorized user.
Availability: More severe when the loss of impacted component availability is highest.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

CVE ID

CVE-2026-85152

Weaknesses

Origin Validation Error

The product does not properly verify that the source of data or communication is valid. Learn more on MITRE.

Credits