undici vulnerable to caching and replay of unsafe HTTP method responses
### Impact undici's `interceptors.cache()` documents that it caches only safe HTTP methods. However, its internal skip-list is built by subtracting the configured methods from the safe-methods set, so an unsafe method (`POST`, `PUT`, `PATCH`, `DELETE`) never lands in the skip-list and is looked up against the cache store. Combined with the storage gate (`canCacheResponse`) having no method check, a heuristically-cacheable response (for example a `404`) with an explicit `Cache-Control: max-age=...` to an unsafe method is stored and replayed on a subsequent identical request. The application's state-changing request never reaches the origin, and undici serves a fabricated response from the cache instead. This occurs with the default configuration (`methods: ['GET']`), which the public API does not allow widening to unsafe methods, so no application misuse is required; an untrusted origin can trigger it purely through its own response headers. ### Patches Upgrade to `7.29.1` or `8.10.2`. The cache interceptor no longer reads from or writes to the cache for unsafe HTTP methods, while still invalidating existing cache entries on successful unsafe requests. ### Workarounds None.
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Related CVEs.
| ID | severity | exploitable | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CVE-2026-85008US | medium5.3OT elevated | — | ||
undici's cache interceptor documents that only safe HTTP methods are cached, but its logic to skip caching is built by subtracting the configured methods from the set of safe metho… | ||||
references
External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.
- https://cna.openjsf.org/security-advisories.htmlWEB
- https://github.com/nodejs/undiciPACKAGE
- https://github.com/nodejs/undici/commit/2be07bf97b3022e0324142d31f99f6e019d815e3WEB
- https://github.com/nodejs/undici/commit/b61d9432bac7caac51273ad209862e4c0bf935aeWEB
- https://github.com/nodejs/undici/releases/tag/v7.29.1WEB
- https://github.com/nodejs/undici/releases/tag/v8.10.2WEB
- https://github.com/nodejs/undici/security/advisories/GHSA-8436-99hf-9mmvWEB
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-85008ADVISORY
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