Description
undici's cache interceptor mishandles optional whitespace placed around the equals sign of a qualified no-cache or private Cache-Control directive. In undici from 7.0.0 up to before 7.29.0 and from 8.0.0 up to before 8.9.0, the parser either drops the directive or stores a field name with literal quote characters, so the cache decision fails to recognize the qualification and the response is stored. In shared-cache mode, this lets a response containing one user's authenticated data be served from cache to a later caller, including an unauthenticated one, when both requests resolve to the same cache key. It affects applications that enable the cache interceptor in shared mode, forward Authorization headers upstream, and receive cacheable responses with qualified directives padded with whitespace around the equals sign. This is the whitespace-around-equals variant that the fix for CVE-2026-9678 did not normalize, and it is fixed in undici 7.29.0 and 8.9.0.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| undici | undici | 7.0.0 – < 7.29.0, 8.0.0 – < 8.9.0 | 7.29.0 |
Fixed in Linux distributions
Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.
Debian
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian 14 | node-undici | 8.9.0+dfsg+~cs3.2.0-1 | — |
| Debian 13 | node-undici | No fix yet | — |
| Debian 12 | node-undici | No fix yet | — |
Ubuntu
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu 26.10 | node-undici | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu 26.04 LTS | node-undici | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu 24.04 LTS | node-undici | No fix yet | — |
Red Hat
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Hardened Images 1 | nodejs24 +6 | 24.18.1-0.1.hum1 | RHSA-2026:48537 |
| Red Hat Hardened Images 1 | nodejs24-npm | 11.16.0-1.24.18.1.0.1.hum1 | RHSA-2026:48537 |
| Red Hat Hardened Images 1 | nodejs26 +6 | 26.5.1-1.5.hum1 | RHSA-2026:48273 |
| Red Hat Hardened Images 1 | nodejs26-npm | 11.17.0-1.26.5.1.1.5.hum1 | RHSA-2026:48273 |
Amazon Linux
| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Amazon Linux 2023 | nodejs24 +4 | 1:24.18.1-1.amzn2023.0.2 | ALAS2023-2026-2059 |
| Amazon Linux 2023 | nodejs24-npm | 1:11.16.0-1.24.18.1.1.amzn2023.0.2 | ALAS2023-2026-2059 |
| Amazon Linux 2023 | v8-13.6-devel | 3:13.6.233.17-1.24.18.1.1.amzn2023.0.2 | ALAS2023-2026-2059 |
Wolfi
| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wolfi rolling | code-server | 4.130.0-r5 | — |
| Wolfi rolling | langfuse-3 +1 | 3.225.0-r3 | — |
| Wolfi rolling | langfuse-3-compat | 3.225.7-r6 | — |
| Wolfi rolling | renovate | 44.11.3-r0 | — |
| Wolfi rolling | vitess-24 | 24.0.2-r10 | — |
| Wolfi rolling | vitess-24-compat | 24.0.3-r7 | — |
Affected packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Affected | Fixed | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| npm | undici | >= 7.0.0, < 7.29.0 | 7.29.0 | GHSA-jr45-8vmc-qm54 |
| npm | undici | >= 8.0.0, < 8.9.0 | 8.9.0 | GHSA-jr45-8vmc-qm54 |
Advisories 4
- WID-SEC-2026-3621 IBM App Connect Enterprise: Mehrere Schwachstellen BSI CERT-Bund (WID) · Nov 9, 2026
- RHSA-2026:48537 Red Hat Security Advisory: Red Hat Hardened Images RPMs bug fix and enhancement update Red Hat Security Advisories (RHSA) · Oct 20, 2026
- RHSA-2026:48273 Red Hat Security Advisory: Red Hat Hardened Images RPMs bug fix and enhancement update Red Hat Security Advisories (RHSA) · Oct 20, 2026
- ALAS2023-2026-2059 Important: nodejs24 security update (Amazon Linux 2023) Amazon Linux Security Center (ALAS) · Aug 21, 2026