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nodejs — 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
- nodejs
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- 8.14.0-r0
- CVEs
- CVE-2018-12116
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 31 Oct 2026, 22:09 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:ALPINE-CVE-2018-12116
nodejs
Fixed versions: 8.14.0-r0
Complete source record
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"id": "8f602485a79b9d0bf803c2ab8eef80b16a29a767d3f5fd8ade2a6a0c2072ffee",
"url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/ALPINE-CVE-2018-12116",
"method": "structured",
"payload": {
"kind": "advisory",
"title": "ALPINE-CVE-2018-12116",
"summary": "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.",
"evidence": "osv:ALPINE-CVE-2018-12116",
"products": [
{
"name": {
"value": "nodejs",
"evidence": "/affected/0/package/name"
},
"prerequisites": [],
"fixed_versions": [
{
"value": "8.14.0-r0",
"evidence": "/affected/0/ranges"
}
],
"affected_versions": []
}
],
"severity": "high",
"structured": {
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"aliases": [
"ALPINE-CVE-2018-12116"
],
"metrics": [
{
"type": "CVSS_V3",
"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N"
}
],
"affected": [
{
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{
"type": "ECOSYSTEM",
"events": [
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},
{
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}
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],
"package": {
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"purl": "pkg:apk/alpine/nodejs?arch=source",
"ecosystem": "Alpine:v3.8"
},
"database_specific": {
"source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/alpine/ALPINE-CVE-2018-12116.json"
},
"ecosystem_specific": {}
}
],
"modified": "2026-10-23T17:23:33.313817676Z",
"provider": "osv",
"upstream": [
"CVE-2018-12116"
],
"references": [
"https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2018-12116"
]
},
"related_cves": [
{
"value": "CVE-2018-12116",
"evidence": "/upstream"
}
],
"security_relevant": true,
"severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
},
"source_id": "core-osv",
"document_id": 415700,
"published_at": "2018-11-28T17:29:00.23+00:00"
}