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Rewterz Threat Advisory – Multiple Node.js Body and header Vulnerabilities

Severity

Medium

Analysis Summary

CVE-2021-22960 

Node.js is vulnerable to HTTP request smuggling, caused by an error when parsing the body of chunked requests. A remote attacker could send a specially-crafted request to lead to HTTP Request Smuggling (HRS). An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to poison the web cache, bypass web application firewall protection, and conduct XSS attacks.

CVE-2021-22959 

Node.js is vulnerable to HTTP request smuggling, caused by an error related to space in headers. A remote attacker could send a specially-crafted request with a space (SP) right after the header name before the colon to lead to HTTP Request Smuggling (HRS). An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to poison the web cache, bypass web application firewall protection, and conduct XSS attacks.

Impact

  • Security Bypass

Affected Vendors

Node.js

Affected Products

  • Node.js Node.js 12
  • Node.js Node.js 14.0
  • Node.js Node.js 16.0

Remediation

Upgrade to the latest version of Node.js, available from the Node.js Web site.

https://nodejs.org/en/blog/vulnerability/oct-2021-security-releases/

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