# CVE-2025-47279: undici Denial of Service attack via bad certificate data

- Also known as: GHSA-CXRH-J4JR-QWG3
- Severity: CVSS 3.1 (Low), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 5.29.0, 6.21.2, 7.5.0
- Published: 2025-05-15 · Updated: 2026-02-06

## Affected

- nodejs undici: fixed in 5.29.0; from 6.0.0, fixed in 6.21.2; from 7.0.0, fixed in 7.5.0
- undici (npm): fixed in 5.29.0
- undici (npm): from 6.0.0, fixed in 6.21.2
- undici (npm): from 7.0.0, fixed in 7.5.0

## Description

Undici is an HTTP/1.1 client for Node.js. Prior to versions 5.29.0, 6.21.2, and 7.5.0, applications that use undici to implement a webhook-like system are vulnerable. If the attacker set up a server with an invalid certificate, and they can force the application to call the webhook repeatedly, then they can cause a memory leak. This has been patched in versions 5.29.0, 6.21.2, and 7.5.0. As a workaound, avoid calling a webhook repeatedly if the webhook fails.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Node.js, upgrade to a fixed version (5.29.0, 6.21.2, 7.5.0) per the references below.
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## References

- https://github.com/nodejs/undici/security/advisories/GHSA-cxrh-j4jr-qwg3
- https://github.com/nodejs/undici/issues/3895
- https://github.com/nodejs/undici/pull/4088
- https://github.com/nodejs/undici/commit/f317618ec28753a4218beccea048bcf89c36db25

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