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
- Nodejs Undici
- Undici — versions 7.23.0, 7.28.0, 8.0.0
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- ce714d77-add3-4f53-aff5-83d477b104bb (Mitigation, Vendor Advisory)
- ce714d77-add3-4f53-aff5-83d477b104bb (Vendor Advisory)
- 0b0ca135-0b70-47e7-9f44-1890c2a1c46c
- 0b0ca135-0b70-47e7-9f44-1890c2a1c46c
- 0b0ca135-0b70-47e7-9f44-1890c2a1c46c
- 0b0ca135-0b70-47e7-9f44-1890c2a1c46c
- 0b0ca135-0b70-47e7-9f44-1890c2a1c46c
- 0b0ca135-0b70-47e7-9f44-1890c2a1c46c
- 0b0ca135-0b70-47e7-9f44-1890c2a1c46c
- 0b0ca135-0b70-47e7-9f44-1890c2a1c46c
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.