CVE-2026-6734
HIGH 7.5Impact: When using Socks5ProxyAgent, undici reuses a single connection pool across different origins without verifying that the pool's origin matches the requested origin. All requests are dispatched through the pool connected to the first origin, regardless of the intended destination. This causes cross-origin request routing: credentials and request data intended for origin B are sent to origin A, responses from the wrong origin are trusted, and HTTPS requests may be silently downgraded to HTTP. Impacted users are applications that use Socks5ProxyAgent (directly or via setGlobalDispatcher) and make requests to more than one origin. This was introduced in undici 7.23.0 via PR #4385 and affects all versions through 8.1.0. Patches: Upgrade to undici v7.26.0 or v8.2.0. Workarounds: Use a separate Socks5ProxyAgent instance per origin, or avoid using Socks5ProxyAgent with multiple origins.
Severe if exploited (CVSS 7.5), but no known exploitation and low modeled probability. Patch on a normal cadence.
Exploitation likelihood
0.4%chance of exploitation in 30 days · 28th percentile
Impact if exploited
7.5CVSS 3.1 · HIGH
- ConfidentialityHigh
- IntegrityHigh
- AvailabilityHigh
What an attacker needs
- ✓Access: Reachable over the network — no local access needed
- ⚠Privileges: Requires a low-privilege account
- ✓User interaction: No user interaction needed
- ⚠Complexity: Needs a race window or specific setup
✓ lowers the bar for an attacker · ⚠ raises it
Proof of concept & exploit code
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Affected
Products Undici Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 Cluster Observability Operator 1.5.0 Red Hat Developer Hub 1.10 Red Hat Developer Hub 1.9 Red Hat Hardened Images Red Hat Openshift Dev Spaces 3.29 Cryostat 4 Openshift Pipelines Red Hat Amq Broker 7
Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-346: : Origin Validation Error
- CWE-940: Improper Verification of Source of a Communication Channel
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Known Affected Software Configurations
| Vendor | Product | Version range |
|---|---|---|
| Nodejs | Undici | ≥ 7.23.0 and < 7.28.0 |
| Nodejs | Undici | ≥ 8.0.0 and < 8.2.0 |
All CVSS metrics
- HIGH 7.5 v3.1 · CNA Primary
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - HIGH 7.5 v3.1 · ADP Primary
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - HIGH 7.5 v3.1 · NVD Secondary
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - HIGH 8.8 v3.1 · NVD Primary
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
References
Patches & mitigations
Advisories
- https://cna.openjsf.org/security-advisories.html
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:35841
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:39868
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:35891
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:34342
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:36754
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:41929
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:38236
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:7378
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:22380
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:22934
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:36820