CVE-2021-22959

Public on 2021-11-15
Modified on 2023-01-18
Description
An HTTP Request Smuggling (HRS) vulnerability was found in the llhttp library, used by Node.JS. Spaces as part of the header names were accepted as valid. In situations where HTTP conversations are being proxied (such as proxy, reverse-proxy, load-balancer), an attacker can use this flaw to inject arbitrary messages through the proxy. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to confidentiality and integrity.
Severity
Low severity
Low
CVSS v3 Base Score
6.1
See breakdown

Affected Packages

Platform Package Release Date Advisory Status
Amazon Linux 2023 nodejs 2023-02-17 ALAS2023-2023-084 Fixed

CVSS Scores

Score Type Score Vector
Amazon Linux CVSSv3 6.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
NVD CVSSv3 6.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
NVD CVSSv2 6.4 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N