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CVE-2020-8201

nodejs: HTTP request smuggling due to CR-to-Hyphen conversion

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Severity

Moderate

Red Hat Product Security

7.4

CVSS 3.1

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Published · September 15, 2020

Updated · November 1, 2026

Description

A flaw was found in Node.js, where affected Node.js versions converted carriage returns in HTTP request headers to a hyphen before parsing. This flaw leads to HTTP Request Smuggling as it is a non-standard interpretation of the header. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to confidentiality and integrity.

Statement

Node.js is included in Red Hat Quay as a dependency of Yarn, which is only used while building Red Hat Quay, and not during runtime.

CVSS score applicability

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Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 3.1 · 7.4
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

CWE-444 · Inconsistent Interpretation of HTTP Requests