UBUNTU-CVE-2026-2229

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2026-2229
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2026/UBUNTU-CVE-2026-2229.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2026-2229
Upstream
Published
2026-03-12T21:16:00Z
Modified
2026-03-19T08:28:07.414030Z
Severity
  • 7.5 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
  • Ubuntu - medium
Summary
[none]
Details

ImpactThe undici WebSocket client is vulnerable to a denial-of-service attack due to improper validation of the servermaxwindowbits parameter in the permessage-deflate extension. When a WebSocket client connects to a server, it automatically advertises support for permessage-deflate compression. A malicious server can respond with an out-of-range servermaxwindowbits value (outside zlib's valid range of 8-15). When the server subsequently sends a compressed frame, the client attempts to create a zlib InflateRaw instance with the invalid windowBits value, causing a synchronous RangeError exception that is not caught, resulting in immediate process termination. The vulnerability exists because: * The isValidClientWindowBits() function only validates that the value contains ASCII digits, not that it falls within the valid range 8-15 * The createInflateRaw() call is not wrapped in a try-catch block * The resulting exception propagates up through the call stack and crashes the Node.js process

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:24.04:LTS / node-undici

Package

Name
node-undici
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/node-undici@5.26.3+dfsg1+~cs23.10.12-2?arch=source&distro=noble

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

5.*
5.22.1+dfsg1+~cs20.10.10.2-1ubuntu1
5.26.3+dfsg1+~cs23.10.12-2

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "9.1.3~5.26.3+dfsg1+~cs23.10.12-2",
            "binary_name": "node-llhttp"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "5.26.3+dfsg1+~cs23.10.12-2",
            "binary_name": "node-undici"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2026/UBUNTU-CVE-2026-2229.json"

Ubuntu:25.10 / node-undici

Package

Name
node-undici
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/node-undici@7.3.0+dfsg1+~cs24.12.11-2?arch=source&distro=questing

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

7.*
7.3.0+dfsg1+~cs24.12.11-1
7.3.0+dfsg1+~cs24.12.11-2

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "9.2.1~7.3.0+dfsg1+~cs24.12.11-2",
            "binary_name": "libllhttp-dev"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "9.2.1~7.3.0+dfsg1+~cs24.12.11-2",
            "binary_name": "libllhttp9.2"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "9.2.1~7.3.0+dfsg1+~cs24.12.11-2",
            "binary_name": "node-llhttp"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "7.3.0+dfsg1+~cs24.12.11-2",
            "binary_name": "node-undici"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2026/UBUNTU-CVE-2026-2229.json"