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node:http: bound the header count with the engine's min, not the live Math.min - #40290
Since 1.4.0, a replaced Math.min that returns a different result makes every node:http response throw an uncaught TypeError: undefined is not an object (evaluating 'field') from matchKnownFields. Bun 1.3.14 and Node v26.3.0 are not affected.
parserOnHeadersComplete (src/js/node/_http_common.ts:199) bounds the header count with the public Math.min. A result that is one too high makes _addHeaderLines read past the end of the header array.
Fix
Bound the count with $min, which user code cannot replace. Node uses its MathMin primordial on the same line.
Make the same change in the second text, src/js/ahead-of-time/node/_http_common.ts:186, and write the new SHA-256 at its head.
Verified: test/js/node/http/node-http-primoridals.test.ts (new test, fails on main). Also second-texts-of-modules.test.ts, upstream test-http-max-headers-count*.js, and an --aot executable of an http.get program.
Background
$min is a link-time constant from the closed list in src/codegen/builtin-names.ts. The bytecode holds the engine's function, with no lookup of Math or min.
A second text is the copy of a module that bun build --compile --aot reads in place of the first. Both must do the same.
Considered a capture (const MathMin = Math.min). The module first runs after user code, so a capture keeps a replacement that is on at that moment. A design review of the whole class chose a closed-list name where one exists.
Downsides
None found. parserOnHeadersComplete goes from 98 to 96 bytecode instructions (BUN_JSC_dumpGeneratedBytecodes): three lookups become one mov. The PR adds no name, no host function and no capture.
Notes
Repro. Load node:http, set Math.min = (...a) => orig(...a) + 1, then run one http.get against a local server. Main 7ca0042 prints UNCAUGHT: undefined is not an object (evaluating 'field'). Node v26.3.0 and this branch print client: got 200 1 with 0 calls of the replacement.
Bytecode of the changed branch. Main: resolve_scope, get_from_scope (the global Math), get_by_id (min), two mov, call. This branch: three mov, call with the function as a constant. The whole function goes from 548 to 529 bytes.
The second text. In an --aot executable the built-in objects are read-only (TypeError: Cannot assign to Math.min because built-in objects are read-only in a compiled executable). So the second text cannot show this bug. The change there keeps the two texts the same, and test/internal/second-texts-of-modules.test.ts checks the hash. An --aot executable of a plain http.get program built from this branch prints the same as bun run and as Node. $min already has a row for the compiler in src/codegen/builtins/host/bun-syntax.builtins.ts, and src/js calls it on 13 other lines.
Not run to the end here.test/aot/a-test-that-replaced-built-in-functions-sees-the-same-calls-while-a-module-loads.test.ts compiles every second text. Under the debug ASAN build on my machine its first case passes the 270 s limit, because one --aot build takes about 4 minutes there. The changed line is inside a function that does not run while the module loads.
Other suites run on the debug build.test-http-max-headers-count.js, test-http-max-headers-count-overflow.js, test-http-max-header-size.js. Earlier, on the first version of this branch: node-http.test.ts, node-http-parser.test.ts, node-http-maxHeaderSize.test.ts, test-http-parser*.js.
The class. This is one member of a class: built-in modules that use an ECMAScript built-in that user code can replace. The other members are separate changes: live reads at node:fs, node:child_process, the CommonJS loader and net.isIP sites (#40291, to be rebuilt on main in parts), and first-run captures (#47058 for Date).
ASAN without fix: BUILD FAILED (no junit output)
$ BUN_DEBUG_QUIET_LOGS=1 bun scripts/build.ts --profile=debug --quiet test"--reporter=junit""--reporter-outfile=/tmp/mechgate.xml" test/js/node/http/node-http-primoridals.test.tsninja: Entering directory `/workspace/bun/build/debug'[1/170] gen ErrorCode+*.h[2/170] gen JSBuffer.lut.hGenerating /workspace/bun/build/debug/codegen/JSBuffer.lut.h from /workspace/bun/src/jsc/bindings/JSBuffer.cpp[3/170] gen NodeModuleModule.lut.hGenerating /workspace/bun/build/debug/codegen/NodeModuleModule.lut.h from /workspace/bun/src/jsc/modules/NodeModuleModule.cpp[4/170] gen ZigGeneratedClasses.{cpp,h,rs}Found 2 classes from /workspace/bun/src/jsc/resolve_message.classes.ts - ResolveMessage (15 fields) - BuildMessage (10 fields)Found 1 classes from /workspace/bun/src/runtime/api/Archive.classes.ts - Archive (4 fields, 1 class fields)Found 2 classes from /workspace/bun/src/runtime/api/BunObject.classes.ts - ResourceUsage (8 fields) - Subprocess (20 fields)Found 1 classes from /workspace/bun/src/runtime/api/cron.classes.ts - CronJob (5 fields)Found 3 classes from /workspace/bun/src/runtime/api/filesystem_router.classes.ts - FileSystemRouter (5 fields) - Fr... (truncated)release without fix: 1 FAILEDbun test v1.4.0-canary.1 (4448a2e21)test/js/node/http/node-http-primoridals.test.ts:closing time(pass) Overriding Request, Response, Headers, and Blob should not break node:http server [27.21ms]164 | ],165 | env: bunEnv,166 | stderr: "pipe",167 | });168 | const [stdout, stderr, exitCode] = await Promise.all([proc.stdout.text(), proc.stderr.text(), proc.exited]);169 | expect(stdout).toBe("client: got 200 1\n"); ^error: expect(received).toBe(expected)- "client: got 200 1+ "UNCAUGHT: undefined is not an object (evaluating 'field') "- Expected - 1+ Received + 1 at <anonymous> (/workspace/bun/test/js/node/http/node-http-primoridals.test.ts:169:18)(fail) a patched Math.min does not reach IncomingMessage header parsing [43.58ms] 1 pass 1 fail 2 expect() callsRan 2 tests across 1 file. [233.00ms]__F:1:S:0
passes on PR (with fix)
ASAN with fix: all passed
$ BUN_DEBUG_QUIET_LOGS=1 bun scripts/build.ts --profile=debug --quiet test"--reporter=junit""--reporter-outfile=/tmp/mechgate.xml" test/js/node/http/node-http-primoridals.test.tsbun test v1.4.1 (4448a2e21)test/js/node/http/node-http-primoridals.test.ts:closing time(pass) Overriding Request, Response, Headers, and Blob should not break node:http server [1512.30ms](pass) a patched Math.min does not reach IncomingMessage header parsing [2336.78ms] 2 pass 0 fail 4 expect() callsRan 2 tests across 1 file. [5.85s]__F:0:S:0release with fix: all passed
$ bun scripts/build.ts --profile=release[configured] bun-profile → bun (stripped) in 643ms (unchanged)ninja: Entering directory `/workspace/bun/build/release'[1/130] gen ErrorCode+*.h[2/130] gen JSBuffer.lut.hGenerating /workspace/bun/build/release/codegen/JSBuffer.lut.h from /workspace/bun/src/jsc/bindings/JSBuffer.cpp[3/130] gen NodeModuleModule.lut.hGenerating /workspace/bun/build/release/codegen/NodeModuleModule.lut.h from /workspace/bun/src/jsc/modules/NodeModuleModule.cpp[4/130] gen generated_host_exports.rsgenerated_host_exports.rs: 120 exports (host=5, lazy=10, generic=105, rust=0); 244 extern-C blocks audited[5/130] gen ZigGeneratedClasses.{cpp,h,rs}Found 2 classes from /workspace/bun/src/jsc/resolve_message.classes.ts - ResolveMessage (15 fields) - BuildMessage (10 fields)Found 1 classes from /workspace/bun/src/runtime/api/Archive.classes.ts - Archive (4 fields, 1 class fields)Found 2 classes from /workspace/bun/src/runtime/api/BunObject.classes.ts - ResourceUsage (8 fields) - Subprocess (20 fields)Found 1 classes from /workspace/bun/src/runtime/api/cron.classes.ts - CronJob (5 fields)Found 3 classes from /workspace/bun/src/run... (truncated)
… Math.min
parserOnHeadersComplete clamps the header count with Math.min, which user
code can replace. A replacement that returns a different value makes
_addHeaderLines read past the flat [name, value, ...] header array and
matchKnownFields then throws an uncaught TypeError for every response.
Use the $min intrinsic, which is the engine's own copy of Math.min.
Both Node.js HTTP parser implementations now use $min to cap positive header-pair limits. A subprocess regression test patches Math.min and checks that an HTTP request completes with the expected response.
Changes
HTTP header pair limit
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Summary
Parser header-pair cap src/js/ahead-of-time/node/_http_common.ts, src/js/node/_http_common.ts
Both parser implementations use $min to cap positive maxHeaderPairs values. Nonpositive limits remain unlimited. The ahead-of-time source hash is updated.
Subprocess regression test test/js/node/http/node-http-primoridals.test.ts
A subprocess test patches Math.min, makes an HTTP request, and checks for status 200, the expected x-server header, no stderr output, and a successful exit.
Suggested reviewers: jarred-sumner, alii
Merge Risk: Minimal · up to 2c0be
The change protects HTTP header parsing from patched Math.min in both execution modes. Additional compiled-program coverage would improve confidence, but no merge-blocking defect is established.
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The title names the change: node:http header-count clamping now uses the engine's $min instead of the live global Math.min. The raw summary, the PR objectives, and the description all describe this same change to parserOnHeadersComplete in _http_common.ts, so the title is fully related to the main change. It is specific and reads clearly in history. It is 78 characters and 13 words, which is acceptable for a short, single-sentence title.
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The description is thorough and covers the required template sections. "What does this PR do?" is answered in the Problem, Fix, Background, and Downsides sections: it explains that a replaced global Math.min causes an uncaught TypeError in node:http header parsing, and that the fix binds the count with the engine-private $min. "How did you verify your code works?" is answered with a new regression test that fails on main and passes with the fix, a repro procedure, bytecode comparison, and the other test suites run. Some verification is incomplete: the AOT compile-and-run test was not run to completion, and the author states this openly. This does not block the check because the core template content is present and the gaps are non-critical.
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Status: reproduced on main 7ca0042 with the script from the report (load node:http, replace Math.min with one that returns 1 more, run one http.get against a local server): UNCAUGHT: undefined is not an object (evaluating 'field'). With this branch the client gets 200, and the replacement gets 0 calls, as under Node v26.3.0. The new test in test/js/node/http/node-http-primoridals.test.ts fails with the src/ of main and passes with the fix. The branch contains main, and the second text src/js/ahead-of-time/node/_http_common.ts has the same change.
CI: build 138387 is red on 28 test files, and none of them reads the changed line. 27 of them are also red on main at 7ca0042 (build 138109): tests under test/aot/ about mocks of modules, and the size limit in test/bundler/compile-aot-size.test.ts. The last one, test/aot/modules-in-a-test-run.test.ts, fails in the same way: a mocked built-in module is not mocked in the --aot run. The new test and test/internal/second-texts-of-modules.test.ts are not among the failures on any lane.
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LGTM — one-token swap to the $min intrinsic, matching the pattern already used across src/js/ and Node's own MathMin primordial at the same site.
What was reviewed
Confirmed $min is a declared JSC link-time constant (src/js/builtins.d.ts:542) with wide existing use in internal/fs/streams.ts, util/inspect.js, and native-readable.ts.
Test isolates the Math.min mutation in a subprocess, uses port: 0/bunEnv, drains all pipes concurrently, and wires uncaughtException so the pre-fix TypeError produces a nonzero exit — it fails for the right reason on the unfixed build.
Checked parserOnHeaders (the sibling slow-path) — it clamps via subtraction/comparison, not Math.min, so no parallel site to fix.
Extended reasoning...
Overview
Single-character-class change in src/js/node/_http_common.ts: Math.min(n, maxHeaderPairs) → $min(n, maxHeaderPairs). $min is a JSC private-name intrinsic bound at bytecode compile time to the engine's own Math.min, so a userland reassignment of Math.min can no longer skew the header-pair clamp and push _addHeaderLines past the end of the flat header array. The accompanying test lives in the existing node-http-primoridals.test.ts, which is already the file for node:http tamper-resistance coverage.
Security risks
None introduced. The change removes a userland-influenceable call from a built-in module hot path, which is the direction the repo's tamper-resistance guidance requires for src/js/. No new inputs, no new surface.
Level of scrutiny
Low. This is the canonical primordial-safety pattern ($-prefixed intrinsic replacing a live global lookup). $min is declared in builtins.d.ts and already used at a dozen-plus sites (internal/util/inspect.js, internal/fs/streams.ts, internal/streams/native-readable.ts). Node's upstream lib/_http_common.js uses MathMin at the identical line, so this also tightens Node compat.
Other factors
The test spawns a subprocess so the Math.min monkey-patch cannot leak into other tests, uses await using for the process handle, drains stdout/stderr/exited with Promise.all, and asserts stdout before exitCode — all per harness conventions.
The uncaughtException handler in the fixture prints the message and exits 1, so the pre-fix behavior (uncaught TypeError: undefined is not an object from matchKnownFields) yields a distinct, non-timeout failure.
I checked the neighboring parserOnHeaders slow path in the same file for the same bug class; it bounds via capacity >= headers.length arithmetic rather than Math.min, so there is no sibling site left unfixed.
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The ahead-of-time compiler reads src/js/ahead-of-time/node/_http_common.ts in place of src/js/node/_http_common.ts. Bring the $min change there and write the new SHA-256 of the first text.
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Nothing blocking. The comments below are optional suggestions. There is no need to push a fix for them before merging.
Beyond the inline findings, I also checked the ahead-of-time second text added since the last review: src/js/ahead-of-time/node/_http_common.ts carries the same $min change at the same site, and its header SHA-256 matches the current src/js/node/_http_common.ts, so test/internal/second-texts-of-modules.test.ts will not trip.
Extended reasoning...
The diff is a one-line clamp change from the live Math.min to the $min intrinsic in parserOnHeadersComplete, mirrored into the AOT second text with an updated hash line, plus a spawned-subprocess regression test. The new commits since the prior review are the AOT sync; I recomputed the hash and confirmed it matches, and $min is already used across src/js builtins. The remaining inline findings concern pre-existing sibling sites, not the changed lines.
Additional findings (outside the current diff — GitHub can't attach inline comments there):
🟣 src/js/node/_http_common.ts — Users who patch Array.prototype.slice or push still get corrupted or oversized node:http headers after this merge, the same tamper class this PR says it closes. parserOnHeaders at src/js/node/_http_common.ts:148-150 builds the slow-path header array with the live this._headers.push(...headers) and headers.slice(0, capacity). A patched slice that returns extra or non-string entries feeds _addHeaderLines on line 201 non-string field names and the same 'field' TypeError the PR fixes. Fix: use $arrayPush/ArrayPrototypeSlice.$call (or an index loop) at both sites in the primary and AOT texts, so every slow-path header build is primordial-safe like the clamp on line 199.
Why this was flagged
Trigger: user code replaces Array.prototype.slice (or push, or Array.prototype[Symbol.iterator] which the spread on line 148 invokes) before a response whose headers arrive fragmented across TCP packets or exceed one parser run, so the parser calls parserOnHeaders instead of handing headers to parserOnHeadersComplete directly. src/js/node/_http_common.ts:148 and :150 call the live prototype methods; src/js/ahead-of-time/node/_http_common.ts has the same two lines. The result lands in parser._headers, read at line 174, and passed to incoming._addHeaderLines(headers, n) at line 201 where a non-string or undefined entry throws from matchKnownFields exactly as the PR's repro does. The $min clamp on line 199 bounds n to headers.length but not what the elements are. Base behaves the same, but this PR's stated goal and the src/js tamper-proof rule make the sibling sites in the same function one concern. Remedy: replace both prototype calls with $arrayPush and an intrinsic slice in both texts.
Verification: pre-existing (nit): the base branch has the identical lines. Trigger: user code replaces Array.prototype.push or Array.prototype.slice before a message whose headers reach the native flush path. parserOnHeaders at src/js/node/_http_common.ts:148 and :150 resolve push and slice through the live Array.prototype, yielding the same TypeError ... 'field' the PR fixes; n = $min(n, maxHeaderPairs) at :199 clamps the read to an even bound.
About parserOnHeaders (src/js/node/_http_common.ts:148-150), from the review above:
Node's own parserOnHeaders also calls the public push with a spread (this._headers.push(...headers) in lib/_http_common.js). A replaced push or array iterator changes the headers under Node too.
headers.slice(0, capacity) is Bun's own, and it is the same class as this PR. It runs only when a message has more header pairs than maxHeaderPairs and its headers arrive in more than one parser run.
I keep this PR to the one line that throws on every response. The slice goes with the other live reads of Array.prototype functions, which are separate changes.
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Problem
Math.minthat returns a different result makes everynode:httpresponse throw an uncaughtTypeError: undefined is not an object (evaluating 'field')frommatchKnownFields. Bun 1.3.14 and Node v26.3.0 are not affected.parserOnHeadersComplete(src/js/node/_http_common.ts:199) bounds the header count with the publicMath.min. A result that is one too high makes_addHeaderLinesread past the end of the header array.Fix
$min, which user code cannot replace. Node uses itsMathMinprimordial on the same line.src/js/ahead-of-time/node/_http_common.ts:186, and write the new SHA-256 at its head.test/js/node/http/node-http-primoridals.test.ts(new test, fails on main). Alsosecond-texts-of-modules.test.ts, upstreamtest-http-max-headers-count*.js, and an--aotexecutable of anhttp.getprogram.Background
$minis a link-time constant from the closed list insrc/codegen/builtin-names.ts. The bytecode holds the engine's function, with no lookup ofMathormin.bun build --compile --aotreads in place of the first. Both must do the same.const MathMin = Math.min). The module first runs after user code, so a capture keeps a replacement that is on at that moment. A design review of the whole class chose a closed-list name where one exists.Downsides
parserOnHeadersCompletegoes from 98 to 96 bytecode instructions (BUN_JSC_dumpGeneratedBytecodes): three lookups become onemov. The PR adds no name, no host function and no capture.Notes
Repro. Load
node:http, setMath.min = (...a) => orig(...a) + 1, then run onehttp.getagainst a local server. Main 7ca0042 printsUNCAUGHT: undefined is not an object (evaluating 'field'). Node v26.3.0 and this branch printclient: got 200 1with 0 calls of the replacement.Bytecode of the changed branch. Main:
resolve_scope,get_from_scope(the globalMath),get_by_id(min), twomov,call. This branch: threemov,callwith the function as a constant. The whole function goes from 548 to 529 bytes.The second text. In an
--aotexecutable the built-in objects are read-only (TypeError: Cannot assign to Math.min because built-in objects are read-only in a compiled executable). So the second text cannot show this bug. The change there keeps the two texts the same, andtest/internal/second-texts-of-modules.test.tschecks the hash. An--aotexecutable of a plainhttp.getprogram built from this branch prints the same asbun runand as Node.$minalready has a row for the compiler insrc/codegen/builtins/host/bun-syntax.builtins.ts, andsrc/jscalls it on 13 other lines.Not run to the end here.
test/aot/a-test-that-replaced-built-in-functions-sees-the-same-calls-while-a-module-loads.test.tscompiles every second text. Under the debug ASAN build on my machine its first case passes the 270 s limit, because one--aotbuild takes about 4 minutes there. The changed line is inside a function that does not run while the module loads.Other suites run on the debug build.
test-http-max-headers-count.js,test-http-max-headers-count-overflow.js,test-http-max-header-size.js. Earlier, on the first version of this branch:node-http.test.ts,node-http-parser.test.ts,node-http-maxHeaderSize.test.ts,test-http-parser*.js.The class. This is one member of a class: built-in modules that use an ECMAScript built-in that user code can replace. The other members are separate changes: live reads at
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