undici vulnerable to TLS certificate validation bypass via dropped connect options in BalancedPool (CVE-2026-84961) | HOL Guard CVE

Unknown severity · Source severity not reportedCVE-2026-84961

undici vulnerable to TLS certificate validation bypass via dropped connect options in BalancedPool

Answer in brief

CVE-2026-84961 records a Unknown severity vulnerability in undici vulnerable to TLS certificate validation bypass via dropped connect options in BalancedPool. The current sources do not mark it as known exploited. The current feed maps undici/undici (generic). Check affected ranges and fixed versions before updating.

Analysis pending evidence review

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Published Sep 4, 2026Updated Sep 4, 2026Source checked Sep 4, 2026First seen by HOL Sep 4, 2026Material review Sep 4, 2026

Upstream Advisory

Key facts

Risk: Unknown severitySource severity not reported
Exploitation: Not marked as known exploited
Affected software: 1 mapped package or product
Fix availability: Available

Why this deserves its current priority

A CVSS score is not reported in the current record. The current sources do not mark it as known exploited. Treat this as a source-backed prioritization signal, not a statement about your environment.

Analysis status

Analysis pending evidence review

Factual feed record only; HOL analysis is not approved for indexing. Read the methodology.

Affected scope and exposure questions

The current feed maps undici/undici (generic). Check affected ranges and fixed versions before updating.

Mapped affected packages and fixed versions
Package	Affected range	Fixed version
undici/undicigeneric	>=7.24.1 <7.29.1 \|\| >=8.0.0 <8.10.2	7.29.1, 8.10.2

Recommended response

Check inventory. Check lockfiles and deployed manifests for undici/undici.
Review the reported fix. Update undici/undici to 7.29.1 if you use the affected versions. Test the change in a non-production environment first.

Evidence timeline and material changes

Published upstream
Sep 4, 2026
Evidence: source:cvelist:source_dates:source-dates:record
Source modified
Sep 4, 2026
Evidence: source:cvelist:source_dates:source-dates:record
First seen by HOL
Sep 4, 2026

Sources and claim methodology

Upstream source description

undici's BalancedPool constructor passes its entire options object through an internal deep-clone that serializes and reparses the value as JSON. Because JSON cannot represent functions, any function-valued TLS option, such as a caller-supplied checkServerIdentity callback or a custom connector inside the connect option, is silently discarded before it reaches the TLS layer. As a result a peer whose certificate the application's custom checkServerIdentity was written to reject, but which still passes Node's default hostname and chain checks, is accepted when reached through BalancedPool. The Client, Pool, and Agent dispatchers are not affected because they extract the connect and tls options before cloning. This affects undici versions from 7.24.1 up to 7.29.1 and from 8.0.0 up to 8.10.2, and only when the application supplies a function-valued connect or tls option to BalancedPool. Users should upgrade to undici 7.29.1 or 8.10.2.

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