CVE-2023-45143 LOW

CVE-2023-45143: Undici's cookie header not cleared on cross-origin redirect in fetch

Vendor Nodejs
Product undici
Weakness CWE-200 · Info exposure
Published October 12, 2023
Last update February 13, 2025

CVSS base score

3.9/10
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity High
Privileges required High
User interaction Required
Confidentiality Low
Integrity Low

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

What the vulnerability does

01Description

Undici is an HTTP/1.1 client written from scratch for Node.js. Prior to version 5.26.2, Undici already cleared Authorization headers on cross-origin redirects, but did not clear `Cookie` headers. By design, `cookie` headers are forbidden request headers, disallowing them to be set in RequestInit.headers in browser environments. Since undici handles headers more liberally than the spec, there was a disconnect from the assumptions the spec made, and undici's implementation of fetch. As such this may lead to accidental leakage of cookie to a third-party site or a malicious attacker who can control the redirection target (ie. an open redirector) to leak the cookie to the third party site. This was patched in version 5.26.2. There are no known workarounds.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

October 12, 2023 CVE published
February 13, 2025 Record updated