MediumFix available
node — security advisory
Node.js versions before 10.23.1, 12.20.1, 14.15.4, 15.5.1 allow two copies of a header field in an HTTP request (for example, two Transfer-Encoding header fields). In this case, Node.js identifies the first header field and ignores the second. This can lead to HTTP Request Smuggling.
- Products
- node
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- 10.23.1, 12.20.1, 14.15.4, 15.5.1
- CVEs
- CVE-2020-8287
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 30 Oct 2026, 19:55 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
Node.js versions before 10.23.1, 12.20.1, 14.15.4, 15.5.1 allow two copies of a header field in an HTTP request (for example, two Transfer-Encoding header fields). In this case, Node.js identifies the first header field and ignores the second. This can lead to HTTP Request Smuggling.
osv:BIT-node-2020-8287
node
Fixed versions: 10.23.1, 12.20.1, 14.15.4, 15.5.1
Complete source record
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"id": "3005cd4863d2550b8b0c46e5478c8a43e9f9cb4711e6c883ac258cc42826cd2b",
"url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/BIT-node-2020-8287",
"method": "structured",
"payload": {
"kind": "advisory",
"title": "BIT-node-2020-8287",
"summary": "Node.js versions before 10.23.1, 12.20.1, 14.15.4, 15.5.1 allow two copies of a header field in an HTTP request (for example, two Transfer-Encoding header fields). In this case, Node.js identifies the first header field and ignores the second. This can lead to HTTP Request Smuggling.",
"evidence": "osv:BIT-node-2020-8287",
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"evidence": "/affected/0/ranges"
},
{
"value": "12.20.1",
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},
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"severity": "medium",
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"type": "SEMVER",
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"package": {
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"purl": "pkg:bitnami/node",
"ecosystem": "Bitnami"
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"severity": [
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"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N"
}
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"database_specific": {
"source": "https://github.com/bitnami/vulndb/tree/main/data/node/BIT-node-2020-8287.json"
}
}
],
"modified": "2026-10-16T09:45:31.321146251Z",
"provider": "osv",
"references": [
"https://hackerone.com/reports/1002188",
"https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/12/msg00009.html",
"https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/H472D5HPXN6RRXCNFML3BK5OYC52CXF2/",
"https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/K4I6MZNC7C7VIDQR267OL4TVCI3ZKAC4/",
"https://nodejs.org/en/blog/vulnerability/january-2021-security-releases/",
"https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202101-07",
"https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210212-0003/",
"https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4826",
"https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2021.html",
"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-8287"
],
"provider_metadata": {
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"cpe:2.3:a:nodejs:node.js:*:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*"
],
"severity": "Medium"
}
},
"related_cves": [
{
"value": "CVE-2020-8287",
"evidence": "/aliases"
}
],
"security_relevant": true,
"severity_evidence": "/database_specific/severity"
},
"source_id": "core-osv",
"document_id": 338487,
"published_at": "2024-03-06T11:07:21.705+00:00"
}