# CVE-2026-14643: node-undici: undici's cache interceptor mishandles optional whitespace placed around the equals sign of a qualified no-cache or pr...

CVE-2026-14643 is fixed in 11 products on 1 platform, first by DEBIAN-CVE-2026-14643, released August 5, 2026. It is not reported as exploited. Patch Radar priority: High.

- Web page: https://patchblox.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-14643
- Priority: High
- CVSS: 7.5 (high)
- EPSS: 0.0040
- CISA KEV: not listed
- Exploited (vendor report): no
- Publicly disclosed: no
- Published: Jul 29, 2026

## Description

undici's cache interceptor mishandles optional whitespace placed around the equals sign of a qualified no-cache or private Cache-Control directive. In undici from 7.0.0 up to before 7.29.0 and from 8.0.0 up to before 8.9.0, the parser either drops the directive or stores a field name with literal quote characters, so the cache decision fails to recognize the qualification and the response is stored. In shared-cache mode, this lets a response containing one user's authenticated data be served from cache to a later caller, including an unauthenticated one, when both requests resolve to the same cache key. It affects applications that enable the cache interceptor in shared mode, forward Authorization headers upstream, and receive cacheable responses with qualified directives padded with whitespace around the equals sign. This is the whitespace-around-equals variant that the fix for CVE-2026-9678 did not normalize, and it is fixed in undici 7.29.0 and 8.9.0.

## Where it's fixed

| Platform | Product | Fixed in | Fix | Released |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Linux | node-undici Debian 14 | 8.9.0+dfsg+~cs3.2.0-1 | [DEBIAN-CVE-2026-14643](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/debian-cve-2026-14643.md) | Aug 5, 2026 |
| Linux | nodejs24 amzn 2023 | 1:24.18.1-1.amzn2023.0.2 | [ALAS2023-2026-2059](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/alas2023-2026-2059.md) | Aug 17, 2026 |
| Linux | nodejs24-debuginfo amzn 2023 | 1:24.18.1-1.amzn2023.0.2 | [ALAS2023-2026-2059](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/alas2023-2026-2059.md) | Aug 17, 2026 |
| Linux | nodejs24-debugsource amzn 2023 | 1:24.18.1-1.amzn2023.0.2 | [ALAS2023-2026-2059](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/alas2023-2026-2059.md) | Aug 17, 2026 |
| Linux | nodejs24-devel amzn 2023 | 1:24.18.1-1.amzn2023.0.2 | [ALAS2023-2026-2059](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/alas2023-2026-2059.md) | Aug 17, 2026 |
| Linux | nodejs24-docs amzn 2023 | 1:24.18.1-1.amzn2023.0.2 | [ALAS2023-2026-2059](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/alas2023-2026-2059.md) | Aug 17, 2026 |
| Linux | nodejs24-full-i18n amzn 2023 | 1:24.18.1-1.amzn2023.0.2 | [ALAS2023-2026-2059](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/alas2023-2026-2059.md) | Aug 17, 2026 |
| Linux | nodejs24-libs amzn 2023 | 1:24.18.1-1.amzn2023.0.2 | [ALAS2023-2026-2059](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/alas2023-2026-2059.md) | Aug 17, 2026 |
| Linux | nodejs24-libs-debuginfo amzn 2023 | 1:24.18.1-1.amzn2023.0.2 | [ALAS2023-2026-2059](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/alas2023-2026-2059.md) | Aug 17, 2026 |
| Linux | nodejs24-npm amzn 2023 | 1:11.16.0-1.24.18.1.1.amzn2023.0.2 | [ALAS2023-2026-2059](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/alas2023-2026-2059.md) | Aug 17, 2026 |
| Linux | v8-13.6-devel amzn 2023 | 3:13.6.233.17-1.24.18.1.1.amzn2023.0.2 | [ALAS2023-2026-2059](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/alas2023-2026-2059.md) | Aug 17, 2026 |

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