Is CVE-2026-9697 actively exploited?

No active exploitation of CVE-2026-9697 has been confirmed so far. Continue monitoring, as exploit status can change.

Can CVE-2026-9697 be exploited remotely?

Yes. CVE-2026-9697 is exploitable remotely over the network (CVSS attack vector: Network).

What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-9697?

CVE-2026-9697 has a CVSS score of 7.4 (HIGH).

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HIGH

CVE-2026-9697

CWE-295Published: June 17, 2026· Updated: Jun 23, 2026

7.4

CVSS v3.1

Official Description

Impact:

undici's ProxyAgent silently drops the requestTls option when configured with a SOCKS5 proxy URI (socks5:// or socks://). The target HTTPS connection through the SOCKS5 tunnel falls back to Node's default trust store, ignoring user-configured ca, cert, key, rejectUnauthorized, and servername settings.

Applications that pin to an internal or corporate CA via requestTls.ca will, when their proxy URI is SOCKS5, get the default Mozilla CA bundle as the trust anchor instead. Any cert signed by any publicly-trusted CA for the target hostname is accepted, breaking the intended pin and enabling MITM read and tamper of the HTTPS exchange.

Affected applications are those that use undici's ProxyAgent (or Socks5ProxyAgent directly) with SOCKS5 AND rely on requestTls for TLS scope restriction. The bug was introduced in undici 7.23.0 when SOCKS5 support was added.

Patches:

Upgrade to undici v7.28.0 or v8.5.0.

Workarounds:

No workaround is available within the SOCKS5 path. If a SOCKS5 proxy with TLS scope restriction is required and an upgrade is not yet possible, route the traffic through an HTTP-proxy ProxyAgent instead, where requestTls is honored correctly.

NVD Source

Technical Analysis

CVE-2026-9697 can be exploited remotely over the network without requiring physical or adjacent access, significantly expanding the attack surface for threat actors.

The vulnerability requires no privileges and no user interaction, making it a prime target for automated exploitation campaigns and worm-like propagation.

A successful exploit results in complete confidentiality breach (data exposure), full integrity compromise (data manipulation), with a CVSS base score of 7.4.