What is CVE-2024-27982?

CVE-2024-27982 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Nodejs Node, classified under Inconsistent Interpretation of HTTP Requests (HTTP Request/Response Smuggling). CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2024-05-07.

How severe is CVE-2024-27982?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.

Is CVE-2024-27982 known to be exploited?

3 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Vulnerability in Nodejs Node

CVE-2024-27982

The team has identified a critical vulnerability in the http server of the most recent version of Node, where malformed headers can lead to HTTP request smuggling. Specifically, if a space is placed before a content-length header, it is not interpreted correctly, enabling attackers to smuggle in a second request within the body of the first.

Vulnerability class: HTTP Request Smuggling

EPSS: 0.012 (63.8th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L.

Affected products

Nodejs Node — versions 4.0, 5.0, 6.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-444 — Inconsistent Interpretation of HTTP Requests (HTTP Request/Response Smuggling)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-27982?: CVE-2024-27982 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Nodejs Node, classified under Inconsistent Interpretation of HTTP Requests (HTTP Request/Response Smuggling). CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2024-05-07.
How severe is CVE-2024-27982?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.
Is CVE-2024-27982 known to be exploited?: 3 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.