Description

Sending a GET or HEAD request with a body crashes SvelteKit

Summary

In SvelteKit 2 sending a GET request with a body eg {} to a SvelteKit app in preview or with adapter-node throws Request with GET/HEAD method cannot have body. and crashes the app.

node:internal/deps/undici/undici:6066
          throw new TypeError("Request with GET/HEAD method cannot have body.");
                ^

TypeError: Request with GET/HEAD method cannot have body.
    at new Request (node:internal/deps/undici/undici:6066:17)
    at getRequest (file:///C:/Users/admin/Desktop/reproduction/node_modules/@sveltejs/kit/src/exports/node/index.js:107:9)
    at file:///C:/Users/admin/Desktop/reproduction/node_modules/@sveltejs/kit/src/exports/vite/preview/index.js:181:26...
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TRACE requests will also cause the app to crash. Prerendered pages and SvelteKit 1 apps are not affected.

PoC

First do a fresh install of SvelteKit 2 with the example app. Typescript.

npm run build

npm run preview

Go to http://localhost:4173 (works)

curl -X GET -d "{}" http://localhost:4173/bye

Application crashes and http://localhost:4173 is down

Impact

Denial of Service for apps using adapter-node

Mitigation

Aliases

References