Bug 2553678 (CVE-2026-109383)

Summary: CVE-2026-109383 undici: undici: Certificate validation bypass via dropped TLS options in Agent
Product: [Other] Security Response Reporter: OSIDB Bzimport <bzimport>
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Version: unspecifiedCC: aazores, abarbaro, akhatavk, alizardo, aos-team-art-private, asdas, ataylor, cdrage, cmah, csuconic, dbruscin, dpaolell, dschmidt, eaguilar, ebaron, eborisov, gbenhaim, gtanzill, gtully, ikhan, jbuscemi, jchui, jdelft, jhe, jlanda, jmatsuok, jsherman, jtolenti, jupierce, kshier, ktsao, kvanderr, lball, lchilton, lgarciaa, mbiarnes, mstipich, nboldt, ngough, niyer, oaljalju, pjindal, ppalepu, ppostler, prdhamdh, psrna, rbobbitt, rexwhite, rgemmell, rgodfrey, rhel-process-autobot, rushinde, sdawley, sfeifer, sghai, sidsharm, simaishi, stcannon, sthirugn, suppawar, tbish, tlavocat, twaugh, veshanka, vlaad, watson-tool-maintainers, yguenane
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A flaw was found in undici. This vulnerability may allow a remote attacker to intercept or modify encrypted communications by bypassing custom certificate validation. The issue occurs because the Agent dispatcher discards caller-supplied Transport Layer Security (TLS) verification functions during internal configuration copying, causing the client to silently ignore application-specific checks such as certificate or public-key pinning.
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-10-15 18:46:25 UTC 
undici is an HTTP client library for Node.js. In versions 4.0.0 through 6.29.0, 7.0.0 through 7.30.0, and 8.0.0 through 8.12.1, its Agent dispatcher passes its constructor options through a JSON-based deep clone before forwarding them to each per-origin pool, and because JSON cannot represent functions, a caller-supplied tls option containing a checkServerIdentity callback is silently dropped before it reaches the TLS layer. As a result, a TLS peer whose certificate a custom checkServerIdentity was written to reject, but which passes Node's default hostname and chain checks, is silently accepted. Because Agent is the default dispatcher behind request, fetch, and setGlobalDispatcher, this affects the path most applications use, and EnvHttpProxyAgent is affected on its direct and no-proxy routes as well, while only applications that pass a function-valued tls option such as a custom checkServerIdentity for certificate or public-key pinning are at risk. The issue is fixed in undici 6.29.1, 7.30.1, and 8.12.2, which preserve the tls option outside the JSON clone so custom verification callbacks are forwarded unchanged, and users should upgrade to one of those versions or later. As a workaround, pass the TLS options through connect instead of tls, or for proxied destinations use requestTls and proxyTls.