Impact: When undici parses a Set-Cookie header, it accepts any SameSite attribute value that contains Strict, Lax, or None as a substring, rather than the case-insensitive exact match specified by RFC 6265. Non-spec values are silently mapped to one of the three standard tokens. For example, SameSite=NoneOfYourBusiness is parsed as None (the most permissive setting), and SameSite=StrictLax is parsed as Lax (a downgrade from Strict).
Affected applications are those that consume Set-Cookie headers from server responses (for example via undici's fetch or proxy code paths) and then forward or rely on the parsed sameSite attribute. A malicious or non-compliant server can coerce the consumer's view of a cookie's SameSite policy to a weaker value, silently degrading the SameSite enforcement the cookie is supposed to provide.
This was introduced in undici 5.15.0 when the cookies feature was added.
Patches: Upgrade to undici v6.26.0, v7.28.0 or v8.5.0.
Workarounds: After parsing a Set-Cookie header, validate that the resulting sameSite attribute is one of 'Strict', 'Lax', or 'None' (exact, case-insensitive) before forwarding or relying on it.
| Product | Vendor Advisory | Solution File | Added | Published |
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| Alma_linux | — | Upgrade nodejs-packaging-bundlerUpgrade nodejs-develUpgrade nodejs-packagingUpgrade v8-12.4-develUpgrade v8-13.6-develUpgrade nodejs-docsUpgrade nodejs-libsUpgrade nodejs-full-i18nUpgrade nodejs-nodemonUpgrade nodejsUpgrade npm | Jul 7, 2026 | Jul 6, 2026 |
| Amazon_linux_2023 | — | Upgrade nodejs24-full-i18nUpgrade nodejs24-npmUpgrade v8-12.4-develUpgrade nodejs22-libsUpgrade nodejs24-libs-debuginfoUpgrade nodejs24-debuginfoUpgrade nodejs22-libs-debuginfoUpgrade v8-13.6-develUpgrade nodejs22-npmUpgrade nodejs24-docsUpgrade nodejs22-debugsourceUpgrade nodejs22-develUpgrade nodejs22-docsUpgrade nodejs24-debugsourceUpgrade nodejs24-libsUpgrade nodejs22-full-i18nUpgrade nodejs22-debuginfoUpgrade nodejs22Upgrade nodejs24Upgrade nodejs24-devel | Jul 8, 2026 | Jun 17, 2026 |
| Oracle_linux | — | Upgrade nodejs-full-i18nUpgrade nodejs-libsUpgrade nodejs24-libsUpgrade npmUpgrade nodejsUpgrade nodejs-npmUpgrade nodejs-develUpgrade nodejs24-npmUpgrade v8-13.6-develUpgrade nodejs24-docsUpgrade nodejs24-develUpgrade nodejs-docsUpgrade nodejs-packaging-bundlerUpgrade nodejs24Upgrade nodejs-nodemonUpgrade nodejs-packagingUpgrade v8-12.4-develUpgrade nodejs24-full-i18n | Oct 22, 2026 | Jun 17, 2026 |
| Redhat_linux | — | Upgrade nodejs24-docsUpgrade nodejs-npmUpgrade npmUpgrade nodejs24-libs-debuginfoUpgrade nodejs24-npmUpgrade v8-12.4-develUpgrade nodejs-debuginfoUpgrade nodejs-full-i18nUpgrade nodejs24-develUpgrade nodejs24-libsUpgrade nodejs22-debugsourceUpgrade nodejs-nodemonUpgrade nodejs24-debuginfoUpgrade nodejs-packaging-bundlerUpgrade nodejs24Upgrade nodejs24-full-i18nUpgrade nodejs22-debuginfoUpgrade nodejs-packagingUpgrade nodejs24-debugsourceUpgrade nodejs-debugsourceUpgrade nodejs-libsUpgrade v8-13.6-develUpgrade nodejs-libs-debuginfoNo solution existsUpgrade nodejs-develUpgrade nodejs-docsUpgrade nodejs | Jul 7, 2026 | Jun 17, 2026 |
| Rocky_linux | — | Upgrade nodejs24Upgrade nodejs24-debuginfoUpgrade nodejs24-libsUpgrade nodejs22-debugsourceUpgrade nodejs24-full-i18nUpgrade nodejs-debuginfoUpgrade npmUpgrade nodejs24-libs-debuginfoUpgrade nodejs24-develUpgrade v8-12.4-develUpgrade nodejs-debugsourceUpgrade nodejs-npmUpgrade nodejs-develUpgrade nodejs24-debugsourceUpgrade nodejs-libs-debuginfoUpgrade nodejs22-debuginfoUpgrade nodejs-libsUpgrade nodejsUpgrade nodejs-full-i18nUpgrade v8-13.6-devel | Jul 10, 2026 | Jul 7, 2026 |
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