CVE-2020-8201 Other in Node

What is CVE-2020-8201?

CVE-2020-8201 is a high-severity vulnerability in Fedoraproject Fedora, published on 18 Sep 2020. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Node.js < 12.18.4 and < 14.11 can be exploited to perform HTTP desync attacks and deliver malicious payloads to unsuspecting users. The payloads can be crafted by an attacker to hijack user sessions, poison cookies, perform clickjacking, and a multitude of other attacks depending on the architecture of the underlying system. The attack was possible due to a bug in processing of carrier-return symbols in the HTTP header names.

Weakness: CWE-444

Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-8201?

2 open source packages ship an affected version, including node and node-min. It affects 3 products.

Products include Fedoraproject Fedora, Nodejs Node.js, Opensuse Leap.

How do I fix CVE-2020-8201?

Upgrade node to a fixed version for your release line: 12.18.4 or 14.11.0.

Is CVE-2020-8201 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-8201 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as ALPINE-CVE-2020-8201, BIT-node-2020-8201, BIT-node-min-2020-8201, CLEANSTART-2026-AZ08951, CLEANSTART-2026-EO67935, DEBIAN-CVE-2020-8201 and 1 more.