What is CVE-2026-16728?

CVE-2026-16728 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Undici, classified under Inconsistent Interpretation of HTTP Requests (HTTP Request/Response Smuggling). CVSS score: 4.8/10. Published 2026-07-29.

How severe is CVE-2026-16728?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.8 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Undici

CVE-2026-16728

undici's retry interceptor can deliver a response whose body length does not match the Content-Length header exposed to the application after a retry or resume of a partial response. In undici before 6.28.0, from 7.0.0 up to before 7.29.0…

Vulnerability class: HTTP Request Smuggling

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.8 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N.

Affected products

Undici — versions 0, 6.28.0, 7.0.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

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

References

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Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-16728?: CVE-2026-16728 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Undici, classified under Inconsistent Interpretation of HTTP Requests (HTTP Request/Response Smuggling). CVSS score: 4.8/10. Published 2026-07-29.
How severe is CVE-2026-16728?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.8 out of 10.