CVE-2026-16728 (MEDIUM): detected in Lambda Docker Images.

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CVE Details

CVE ID	Severity	Affected Package	Installed Version	Fixed Version	Date Published	Date of Scan
CVE-2026-16728	MEDIUM	undici	6.26.0	6.28.0, 7.29.0, 8.9.0	2026-07-29T21:17:46.833Z	2026-08-04T10:19:08.862184301Z

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Affected Docker Images

Image Name	SHA
public.ecr.aws/lambda/nodejs:latest	public.ecr.aws/lambda/nodejs@sha256:fe69820efd000f4a6a34af1fc61ad476e8266f14fa8ebde7688564efba67a2df
public.ecr.aws/lambda/nodejs:24	public.ecr.aws/lambda/nodejs@sha256:fe69820efd000f4a6a34af1fc61ad476e8266f14fa8ebde7688564efba67a2df

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Description

undici's retry interceptor can deliver a response whose body length does not match the Content-Length header exposed to the application after a retry or resume of a partial response. In undici before 6.28.0, from 7.0.0 up to before 7.29.0, and from 8.0.0 up to before 8.9.0, a malicious or faulty upstream can return a partial response with a mismatched framing header, close the socket early, and have the retry interceptor assemble a body of a different length while the original Content-Length stays attached. Applications that use the retry interceptor and forward upstream headers and bodies downstream, such as proxies or gateways, may then emit an invalid HTTP response with a stale Content-Length, leading to downstream response desynchronization, connection hangs, or response corruption. Exploitation requires the retry interceptor enabled, an upstream returning a mismatched partial response, and a downstream forwarder that does not remove or recalculate Content-Length. The issue is fixed in undici 6.28.0, 7.29.0, and 8.9.0.

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Remediation Steps

• Update the affected package undici from version 6.26.0 to 6.28.0, 7.29.0, 8.9.0.

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