CVE-2026-13697
Reported by openjs · Published July 29, 2026
undici's cache interceptor mishandles malformed Cache-Control private directives. In undici 7.0.0 up to before 7.29.0 and 8.0.0 up to before 8.9.0, a response carrying a degenerate qualified private directive, such as private set to an empty value, can be stored in the default shared cache and later served to a different caller with the same cache key, disclosing private response bodies and headers including Set-Cookie. Separately, a Cache-Control header that combines an unqualified private directive with a qualified one triggers an uncaught TypeError in the cache-control parser, which rejects the request and, depending on the consumer's error handling, can terminate the process. Both issues affect applications using the cache interceptor in shared mode, including the default configuration. The issues are fixed in undici 7.29.0 and 8.9.0.
Risk Scores
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| undici | undici | 7.0.0, 7.29.0, 8.0.0 |
| chainguard | commercial-gitlab-rails-ee-fips-19.4 | 0 |
| chainguard | langfuse-fips-4 | 0 |
| chainguard | kibana-9.3 | 0 |
| chainguard | commercial-gitlab-rails-ee-fips-19.3 | 0 |
| wolfi | code-server | 0 |
| wolfi | langfuse-3 | 0, 0 |
| chainguard | vitess-24 | 0, 0 |
| npm | undici | 8.0.0, 7.0.0 |
| chainguard | code-server | 0 |
| chainguard | commercial-gitlab-rails-ee-19.1 | 0 |
| chainguard | pelias-api | 0 |
| wolfi | vitess-24 | 0, 0 |
| chainguard | commercial-gitlab-rails-ee-19.3 | 0 |
| chainguard | commercial-gitlab-rails-ee-fips-19.2 | 0 |
| chainguard | commercial-gitlab-rails-ee-19.4 | 0 |
| chainguard | kibana-9.2 | 0 |
| undici | undici | 8.9.0, 7.0.0, 7.29.0 |
| chainguard | renovate | 0 |
| wolfi | renovate | 0 |
…and 4 more
Timeline
- Jul 29, 2026 Coalition ESS Score
- Jul 29, 2026 CVE Published
- Aug 4, 2026 CVE Updated
- Aug 7, 2026 EPSS Score
- Aug 13, 2026 Security Advisory
- Aug 24, 2026 EPSS Score
- Aug 26, 2026 EPSS Score
- Aug 30, 2026 EPSS Score
- Sep 3, 2026 EPSS Score
- Sep 6, 2026 EPSS Score
- Sep 9, 2026 EPSS Score
- Sep 12, 2026 EPSS Score
References
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-13697 advisory
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-4cwx-7wf7-3272 advisory
- https://github.com/nodejs/undici/commit/4fe5bc5fefe5ac81a200fc8e1cf84b8bf8464451 patch
- https://github.com/nodejs/undici/releases/tag/v7.29.0 url
- https://github.com/nodejs/undici/releases/tag/v8.9.0 url