CVE-2020-8201

Name
CVE-2020-8201
Description
Node.js < 12.18.4 and < 14.11 can be exploited to perform HTTP desync attacks and deliver malicious payloads to unsuspecting users. The payloads can be crafted by an attacker to hijack user sessions, poison cookies, perform clickjacking, and a multitude of other attacks depending on the architecture of the underlying system. The attack was possible due to a bug in processing of carrier-return symbols in the HTTP header names.
NVD Severity
medium
Other trackers
CVE, NVD, CERT, CVE Details, CIRCL, Arch Linux, Debian, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE (Bugzilla), SUSE (CVE), Mageia
Mailing lists
oss-security, full-disclosure, bugtraq
Exploits
Exploit DB, Metasploit
Forges
GitHub (code, issues), Aports (code, issues)

References

Type URI
Permissions Required https://hackerone.com/reports/922597
Vendor Advisory https://nodejs.org/en/blog/vulnerability/september-2020-security-releases/
Third Party Advisory http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-10/msg00011.html
CONFIRM https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20201009-0004/
FEDORA https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/4OOYAMJVLLCLXDTHW3V5UXNULZBBK4O6/
GENTOO https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202101-07

Match rules

CPE URI Source package Min version Max version
cpe:2.3:a:nodejs:node.js:*:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* node.js >= 12.0.0 < 12.18.4
cpe:2.3:a:nodejs:node.js:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* node.js >= 14.0.0 < 14.11.0
cpe:2.3:a:nodejs:node.js:*:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* nodejs >= 12.0.0 < 12.18.4
cpe:2.3:a:nodejs:node.js:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* nodejs >= 14.0.0 < 14.11.0

Vulnerable and fixed packages

Source package Branch Version Maintainer Status