CVE-2026-105481
A flaw in Node.js HTTP Agent connection reuse can cause a client to accept as valid a response that…
- Risk score
- 57/100
- CVSS
- 6.5 v3.0
- Exploit chance (30 days)
- 0.2%
- Published
- 21 Oct 2026
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What to know
- What it is
- A flaw in Node.js HTTP Agent connection reuse can cause a client to accept as valid a response that was sent before the client has sent the request. This is an incomplete fix of CVE-2026-48931. The guard that destroys idle keep-alive sockets when unexpected data arrives only runs when the event loop polls for I/O. If …
- Affected
- Node.js
- Fix
- Apply the vendor's security update; see the linked advisory.
- Exploitation
- No known exploitation
Why it is Yellow
- CVSS 6.5 medium
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- Named in a government or vendor bulletin
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Original description
A flaw in Node.js HTTP Agent connection reuse can cause a client to accept as valid a response that was sent before the client has sent the request. This is an incomplete fix of CVE-2026-48931. The guard that destroys idle keep-alive sockets when unexpected data arrives only runs when the event loop polls for I/O. If an unsolicited response has already reached the socket but has not been read yet when the socket is handed to a new request, for example because the event loop was busy with synchronous work, the guard is removed without seeing it and the data is parsed as the response to the new request. This vulnerability affects Node.js **26.x**, **24.x**, and **22.x**.
Last activity 23 Oct 2026. Patch Forecast updates every hour.