CVE-2026-9678

NameCVE-2026-9678
DescriptionImpact: 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.
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Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
node-undici (PTS)bookworm5.15.0+dfsg1+~cs20.10.9.3-1+deb12u4vulnerable
bookworm (security)5.15.0+dfsg1+~cs20.10.9.3-1+deb12u3vulnerable
trixie7.3.0+dfsg1+~cs24.12.11-1vulnerable
forky, sid7.24.6+dfsg+~cs3.2.0-3vulnerable

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
node-undicisource(unstable)(unfixed)

Notes

https://github.com/nodejs/undici/security/advisories/GHSA-pr7r-676h-xcf6

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