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CVE-2019-15605

nodejs: HTTP request smuggling using malformed Transfer-Encoding header

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Severity

Important

Red Hat Product Security

7.1

CVSS 3.1

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Published · February 7, 2020

Updated · November 1, 2026

Description

A flaw was found in the Node.js code where a specially crafted HTTP(s) request sent to a Node.js server failed to properly process the HTTP(s) headers, resulting in a request smuggling attack. An attacker can use this flaw to alter a request sent as an authenticated user if the Node.js server is deployed behind a proxy server that reuses connections.

CVSS score applicability

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Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 3.1 · 7.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L

CWE-444 · Inconsistent Interpretation of HTTP Requests