CVE-2020-8201

CVSS V2 Medium 5.8 CVSS V3 High 7.4
Description
Node.js < 12.18.4 and < 14.11 can be exploited to perform HTTP desync attacks and deliver malicious payloads to unsuspecting users. The payloads can be crafted by an attacker to hijack user sessions, poison cookies, perform clickjacking, and a multitude of other attacks depending on the architecture of the underlying system. The attack was possible due to a bug in processing of carrier-return symbols in the HTTP header names.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2020-8201
  • Assigner
  • support@hackerone.com
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Analyzed
  • Published Version
  • 2020-09-18T21:15:12
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2022-05-24T17:24:47
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-444 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/444.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:a:nodejs:node.js:*:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* 1 OR 12.0.0 12.18.4
cpe:2.3:a:nodejs:node.js:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 14.0.0 14.11.0
cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:15.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:33:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N
  • Access Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Access Compatibility
  • MEDIUM
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Integrity Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Availability Impact
  • NONE
  • Base Score
  • 5.8
  • Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 8.6
  • Impact Score
  • 4.9
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.1
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
  • Attack Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Attack Compatibility
  • HIGH
  • Privileges Required
  • NONE
  • User Interaction
  • NONE
  • Scope
  • UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • HIGH
  • Availability Impact
  • NONE
  • Base Score
  • 7.4
  • Base Severity
  • HIGH
  • Exploitability Score
  • 2.2
  • Impact Score
  • 5.2
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
https://hackerone.com/reports/922597 Permissions Required
https://nodejs.org/en/blog/vulnerability/september-2020-security-releases/ Vendor Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-10/msg00011.html Third Party Advisory
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20201009-0004/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/4OOYAMJVLLCLXDTHW3V5UXNULZBBK4O6/
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202101-07
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-8201
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-8201
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 07:27:47 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-04 23:01:58 cve-assignments@hackerone.com support@hackerone.com CVE Assigner updated
2022-12-04 23:01:58 2020-09-18T21:15Z 2020-09-18T21:15:12 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-04 23:01:58 2022-05-24T17:24:47 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-04 23:01:58 Analyzed Vulnerability Status updated