CVE-2025-23167

At a glance

Severity
MEDIUM 6.5
EPSS
EPSS 0.51 % · percentile 43 (2026-10-27)
State
PUBLISHED
Published
Updated
Assigner
hackerone
NVD status
Deferred

Description

A flaw in Node.js 20's HTTP parser allows improper termination of HTTP/1 headers using `\r\n\rX` instead of the required `\r\n\r\n`. This inconsistency enables request smuggling, allowing attackers to bypass proxy-based access controls and submit unauthorized requests. The issue was resolved by upgrading `llhttp` to version 9, which enforces correct header termination. Impact: * This vulnerability affects only Node.js 20.x users prior to the `llhttp` v9 upgrade.

Scores

VersionScoreVectorScored by
CVSS 3.0MEDIUM 6.5CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:Nhackerone
CVSS 3.0MEDIUM 6.5CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:NNVD · support@hackerone.com (Secondary)

Weaknesses (CWE)

European references

CERT-FR advisories

Affected products

ProductVersions
nodejs · nodeaffected 4.0 < 4.* ; affected 5.0 < 5.* ; affected 6.0 < 6.* ; affected 7.0 < 7.* ; affected 8.0 < 8.* ; affected 9.0 < 9.*

References

Sources

SourceLicence
CVE List (CVEProject cvelistV5)CVE Program Terms of Use
EPSS (FIRST.org)FIRST — attribution requested
ENISA EUVDENISA — reproduction authorised, source acknowledged
CERT-FR (ANSSI)Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0
NVD (NIST) via fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feedsPublic domain — this product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD