Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling in undici - CVE-2026-22036
Published: April 24, 2026
Vulnerability identifier: #VU127582
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2026-22036
CWE-ID: CWE-770
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Node.js
Affected software:
undici
undici
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause a denial of service.
The vulnerability exists due to allocation of resources without limits or throttling in the fetch() API and undici decompress interceptor when processing HTTP responses with chained Content-Encoding values. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted response with thousands of compression steps to cause a denial of service.
How to mitigate CVE-2026-22036
Install security update from vendor's website.