GHSA-rx4f-c7p8-82vq
undici vulnerable to Denial of Service via WebSocketStream unclean close
At a glance
- Published
- Updated
- CVE
- CVE-2026-85014
- CVSS_V3
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Description
## Impact undici's `WebSocketStream` crashes the client process when a WebSocket connection is closed abruptly without a close handshake. On such an unclean close, the internal socket-close handler calls `abort()` on the writable stream even when the application holds a writer lock. Per the WHATWG Streams standard, aborting a locked stream returns a promise that rejects with a `TypeError`, and the handler discards that promise. The unobserved rejection surfaces as an `unhandledRejection` and, under Node.js's default behavior, terminates the process. A malicious or compromised WebSocket server can crash a client with a single connection teardown (a TCP reset, a proxy teardown, or a protocol-violating frame). Affected applications are those using the `WebSocketStream` API and writing through a writer, which is the standard way to write. All releases from undici 7.0.0 are affected. WebSocketStream was introduced in 7.0.0. ## Patches Upgrade to undici v7.29.1 or v8.10.2. ## Workarounds No workaround is available.
Affected packages
| Package | Versions |
|---|---|
| npm · undici | introduced 7.0.0, fixed 7.29.1 |
| npm · undici | introduced 8.0.0, fixed 8.10.2 |
References
- https://github.com/nodejs/undici/security/advisories/GHSA-rx4f-c7p8-82vq WEB
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-85014 ADVISORY
- https://github.com/nodejs/undici/commit/1858656ebb1e919311c1f31613dfd581b7214349 WEB
- https://github.com/nodejs/undici/commit/662d0ea671fe64139e79533c913fce412765e1d7 WEB
- https://cna.openjsf.org/security-advisories.html WEB
- https://github.com/nodejs/undici PACKAGE
- https://github.com/nodejs/undici/releases/tag/v7.29.1 WEB
- https://github.com/nodejs/undici/releases/tag/v8.10.2 WEB
Sources
| Source | Licence |
|---|---|
| OSV.dev | CC-BY 4.0 — GitHub Advisory Database |