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undici vulnerable to caching and replay of unsafe HTTP method responses

Type: advisorySource: OSV1 source record

### Impact undici's `interceptors.cache()` documents that it caches only safe HTTP methods. However, its internal skip-list is built by subtracting the configured methods from the safe-methods set, so an unsafe method (`POST`, `PUT`, `PATCH`, `DELETE`) never lands in the skip-list and is looked up against the cache store. Combined with the storage gate (`canCacheResponse`) having no method check, a heuristically-cacheable response (for example a `404`) with an explicit `Cache-Control: max-age=...` to an unsafe method is stored and replayed on a subsequent identical request. The application's state-changing request never reaches the origin, and undici serves a fabricated response from the cache instead. This occurs with the default configuration (`methods: ['GET']`), which the public API does not allow widening to unsafe methods, so no application misuse is required; an untrusted origin can trigger it purely through its own response headers. ### Patches Upgrade to `7.29.1` or `8.10.2`. The cache interceptor no longer reads from or writes to the cache for unsafe HTTP methods, while still invalidating existing cache entries on successful unsafe requests. ### Workarounds None.

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GHSA-8436-99hf-9mmv

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Security context

Source reference: osv:GHSA-8436-99hf-9mmv

undici

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Affected versions
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Fixed versions
7.29.1

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Prerequisites
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undici

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Affected versions
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Fixed versions
8.10.2

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Prerequisites
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Structured affected-version data

Original package identities and version rules from this source.

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        "type": "SEMVER",
        "events": [
          {
            "introduced": "7.0.0"
          },
          {
            "fixed": "7.29.1"
          }
        ]
      }
    ],
    "package": {
      "name": "undici",
      "purl": "pkg:npm/undici",
      "ecosystem": "npm"
    },
    "database_specific": {
      "source": "https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2026/09/GHSA-8436-99hf-9mmv/GHSA-8436-99hf-9mmv.json"
    }
  },
  {
    "ranges": [
      {
        "type": "SEMVER",
        "events": [
          {
            "introduced": "8.0.0"
          },
          {
            "fixed": "8.10.2"
          }
        ]
      }
    ],
    "package": {
      "name": "undici",
      "purl": "pkg:npm/undici",
      "ecosystem": "npm"
    },
    "database_specific": {
      "source": "https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2026/09/GHSA-8436-99hf-9mmv/GHSA-8436-99hf-9mmv.json"
    }
  }
]
Related CVEs
CVE-2026-85008

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Publisher severity

low

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