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Type: advisorySources: OSVAdvisory ID: ALPINE-CVE-2018-12116

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

ALPINE-CVE-2018-12116

core-osv · Original source

Published 28 Nov 2018, 17:29 UTC

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": {
      "id": "ALPINE-CVE-2018-12116",
      "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": [
        {
          "ranges": [
            {
              "type": "ECOSYSTEM",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "0"
                },
                {
                  "fixed": "8.14.0-r0"
                }
              ]
            }
          ],
          "package": {
            "name": "nodejs",
            "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"
}