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CVE-2026-62985: request-filtering-agent: Synchronous throw from createConnection() for literal private-IP hosts bypasses req.on('error'), crashing the Node.js process

September 22, 2026

RequestFilteringHttpAgent / RequestFilteringHttpsAgent block requests to private IPs, but the blocking happens via a synchronous throw inside createConnection() for literal private-IP hostnames (e.g. 169.254.169.254, 127.0.0.1). Node.js’s http.request / http.get expects createConnection to emit an error asynchronously; a synchronous throw instead escapes the caller’s req.on('error', ...) handler entirely and becomes an unhandled exception that crashes the process.

References

  • github.com/advisories/GHSA-r3r9-wp5j-pq5g
  • github.com/azu/request-filtering-agent/commit/9d12561064524807fc399158eaa5bd7a40dd8cd0
  • github.com/azu/request-filtering-agent/releases/tag/v3.2.1
  • github.com/azu/request-filtering-agent/security/advisories/GHSA-r3r9-wp5j-pq5g
  • nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-62985

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Affected versions

All versions before 3.2.1

Fixed versions

  • 3.2.1

Solution

Upgrade to version 3.2.1 or above.

Impact 7.5 HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

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Weakness

  • CWE-248: Uncaught Exception

Source file

npm/request-filtering-agent/CVE-2026-62985.yml

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