Vulnerability in Nodejs Undici

CVE-2026-9697

Impact: undici's ProxyAgent silently drops the requestTls option when configured with a SOCKS5 proxy URI (socks5:// or socks://). The target HTTPS connection through the SOCKS5 tunnel falls back to Node's default trust store, ignoring user…

Vulnerability class: Improper Certificate Validation

EPSS: 0.005 (37.4th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.4 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-9697?
CVE-2026-9697 is a high-severity vulnerability in Nodejs Undici, classified under Improper Certificate Validation. CVSS score: 7.4/10. Published 2026-06-17.
How severe is CVE-2026-9697?
High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.4 out of 10.