High
Security advisory
Node.js: All versions prior to Node.js 6.15.0 and 8.14.0: HTTP request splitting: If Node.js can be convinced to use unsanitized user-provided Unicode data for the `path` option of an HTTP request, then data can be provided which will trigger a second, unexpected, and user-defined HTTP request to made to the same server.
- Products
- Not specified
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- Not specified
- CVEs
- CVE-2018-12116
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 1 Nov 2026, 05:35 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
Node.js: All versions prior to Node.js 6.15.0 and 8.14.0: HTTP request splitting: If Node.js can be convinced to use unsanitized user-provided Unicode data for the `path` option of an HTTP request, then data can be provided which will trigger a second, unexpected, and user-defined HTTP request to made to the same server.
osv:CVE-2018-12116
Complete source record
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"modified": "2026-10-24T10:30:30.731873340Z",
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"references": [
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"https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202003-48",
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"source_id": "core-osv",
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