CVE catalog
CVE-2026-9678
Impact: Undici's cache interceptor incorrectly classifies some responses as cacheable when the upstream Cache-Control header uses whitespace-padded qualified private or no-cache field names such as pr
- Severity
- Medium · CVSS 5.9
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - Published
- Source
- [NVD] · [CVE record]
- EPSS
- 0.39% · Oct 25, 2026
Impact: Undici's cache interceptor incorrectly classifies some responses as cacheable when the upstream Cache-Control header uses whitespace-padded qualified private or no-cache field names such as private=" authorization" or no-cache="\tauthorization". The parser preserves the surrounding whitespace, so later comparisons against the literal authorization field name fail and the response is stored. In shared-cache mode, this allows a response containing one user's authenticated data to be served from cache to a subsequent caller, including an unauthenticated caller, when both requests resolve to the same cache key. Affected applications are those that explicitly enable the cache interceptor (interceptors.cache()) in shared mode, forward Authorization headers upstream, and receive cacheable responses with non-canonical qualified private or no-cache directives. Patches: Upgrade to undici v7.28.0 or v8.5.0. Workarounds: If upgrade is not immediately possible, disable shared-cache mode for traffic that includes Authorization headers, avoid caching responses to authenticated requests, or add Vary: Authorization upstream.
Vulnerable and fixed packages
Distribution-reported package versions and fixes. These do not depend on matching against the OpenFactory package catalog.
| Distribution | Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | node-undici | sid | 8.12.2+dfsg+~cs3.2.3-2 | fixed |
| Debian | node-undici | forky | 8.10.2+dfsg+~cs3.2.2-1 | fixed |
| Debian | node-undici | trixie | 7.3.0+dfsg1+~cs24.12.11-1 | vulnerable |
| Debian | node-undici | bookworm | 5.15.0+dfsg1+~cs20.10.9.3-1+deb12u4 | not affected |
| Debian | node-undici | bookworm-security | 5.15.0+dfsg1+~cs20.10.9.3-1+deb12u3 | not affected |
| Cpe | undici | Not reported | 7.28.0 | fixed |
| Cpe | undici | Not reported | 8.5.0 | fixed |
Fixed-version evidence
| Distribution | Package | Type | Release | Fixed version | Urgency | Origin | Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | node-undici | source | sid | 8.5.0+dfsg+~cs3.2.0-1 | not yet assigned | Not reported | [1140363] |
| Debian | node-undici | source | forky | 8.5.0+dfsg+~cs3.2.0-1 | not yet assigned | Not reported | [1140363] |
| Debian | node-undici | source | trixie | (unfixed) | not yet assigned | Not reported | [1140363] |
| Debian | node-undici | source | bookworm | Not affected | unimportant | Not reported | [1140363] |
| Cpe | undici | cpe | Not reported | 7.28.0 | Not reported | Not reported | Not reported |
| Cpe | undici | cpe | Not reported | 8.5.0 | Not reported | Not reported | Not reported |
Notes
[trixie] node-undici: Minor issue
OpenFactory catalog packages
[Debian 13 (Trixie)]
- [libllhttp9.2]Affected
Source package: [node-undici]
Details (2)
9.2.1~7.3.0+dfsg1+~cs24.12.11-1· amd64 · trixieAffected
nvd · node-undici · debian · 13
9.2.1~7.3.0+dfsg1+~cs24.12.11-1· arm64 · trixieAffected
nvd · node-undici · debian · 13
- [libllhttp-dev]Affected
Source package: [node-undici]
Details (2)
9.2.1~7.3.0+dfsg1+~cs24.12.11-1· amd64 · trixieAffected
nvd · node-undici · debian · 13
9.2.1~7.3.0+dfsg1+~cs24.12.11-1· arm64 · trixieAffected
nvd · node-undici · debian · 13
- [node-llhttp]Affected
Source package: [node-undici]
Details (2)
9.2.1~7.3.0+dfsg1+~cs24.12.11-1· all · trixieAffected
nvd · node-undici · debian · 13
9.2.1~7.3.0+dfsg1+~cs24.12.11-1· all · trixieAffected
nvd · node-undici · debian · 13
- [node-undici]Affected
Details (2)
7.3.0+dfsg1+~cs24.12.11-1· all · trixieAffected
nvd · node-undici · debian · 13
7.3.0+dfsg1+~cs24.12.11-1· all · trixieAffected
nvd · node-undici · debian · 13
[Debian 12 (Bookworm)]
- [node-llhttp]Not affected
Source package: [node-undici]
Details (4)
8.1.0~5.15.0+dfsg1+~cs20.10.9.3-1+deb12u4· all · bookwormNot affected
nvd · node-undici · debian · bookworm
8.1.0~5.15.0+dfsg1+~cs20.10.9.3-1+deb12u4· all · bookwormNot affected
nvd · node-undici · debian · bookworm
8.1.0~5.15.0+dfsg1+~cs20.10.9.3-1+deb12u3· all · bookworm-securityNot affected
nvd · node-undici · debian · bookworm
8.1.0~5.15.0+dfsg1+~cs20.10.9.3-1+deb12u3· all · bookworm-securityNot affected
nvd · node-undici · debian · bookworm
- [node-undici]Not affected
Details (4)
5.15.0+dfsg1+~cs20.10.9.3-1+deb12u4· all · bookwormNot affected
nvd · node-undici · debian · bookworm
5.15.0+dfsg1+~cs20.10.9.3-1+deb12u4· all · bookwormNot affected
nvd · node-undici · debian · bookworm
5.15.0+dfsg1+~cs20.10.9.3-1+deb12u3· all · bookworm-securityNot affected
nvd · node-undici · debian · bookworm
5.15.0+dfsg1+~cs20.10.9.3-1+deb12u3· all · bookworm-securityNot affected
nvd · node-undici · debian · bookworm
Observed:
References
- [https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/]
- [https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-9678]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2026-9678]
- [https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2026-9678]
- [https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-9678.json]
- [https://wid.cert-bund.de/.well-known/csaf/white/2026/wid-sec-w-2026-2919.json]
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