fix(core): Use hostname from URL instead of Host header for SNI (#8562)

packages/core/src/NodeExecuteFunctions.ts

@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ import FormData from 'form-data';
 import { createReadStream } from 'fs';
 import { access as fsAccess, writeFile as fsWriteFile } from 'fs/promises';
 import { IncomingMessage, type IncomingHttpHeaders } from 'http';
-import { Agent } from 'https';
+import { Agent, type AgentOptions } from 'https';
 import get from 'lodash/get';
 import pick from 'lodash/pick';
 import { extension, lookup } from 'mime-types';
@@ -229,7 +229,22 @@ async function generateContentLengthHeader(config: AxiosRequestConfig) {
 	}
 }
 
-async function parseRequestObject(requestObject: IDataObject) {
+const getHostFromRequestObject = (
+	requestObject: Partial<{
+		url: string;
+		uri: string;
+		baseURL: string;
+	}>,
+): string | null => {
+	try {
+		const url = (requestObject.url ?? requestObject.uri) as string;
+		return new URL(url, requestObject.baseURL).hostname;
+	} catch (error) {
+		return null;
+	}
+};
+
+export async function parseRequestObject(requestObject: IDataObject) {
 	// This function is a temporary implementation
 	// That translates all http requests done via
 	// the request library to axios directly
@@ -468,6 +483,17 @@ async function parseRequestObject(requestObject: IDataObject) {
 		});
 	}
 
+	const host = getHostFromRequestObject(requestObject);
+	const agentOptions: AgentOptions = {};
+	if (host) {
+		agentOptions.servername = host;
+	}
+	if (requestObject.rejectUnauthorized === false) {
+		agentOptions.rejectUnauthorized = false;
+		agentOptions.secureOptions = crypto.constants.SSL_OP_LEGACY_SERVER_CONNECT;
+	}
+	axiosConfig.httpsAgent = new Agent(agentOptions);
+
 	if (requestObject.timeout !== undefined) {
 		axiosConfig.timeout = requestObject.timeout as number;
 	}
@@ -732,14 +758,11 @@ export async function proxyRequestToAxios(
 		maxBodyLength: Infinity,
 		maxContentLength: Infinity,
 	};
-	let configObject: ConfigObject;
-	if (uriOrObject !== undefined && typeof uriOrObject === 'string') {
-		axiosConfig.url = uriOrObject;
-	}
-	if (uriOrObject !== undefined && typeof uriOrObject === 'object') {
-		configObject = uriOrObject;
+	let configObject: ConfigObject & { uri?: string };
+	if (typeof uriOrObject === 'string') {
+		configObject = { uri: uriOrObject, ...options };
 	} else {
-		configObject = options || {};
+		configObject = uriOrObject ?? {};
 	}
 
 	axiosConfig = Object.assign(axiosConfig, await parseRequestObject(configObject));
@@ -859,11 +882,15 @@ function convertN8nRequestToAxios(n8nRequest: IHttpRequestOptions): AxiosRequest
 		axiosRequest.responseType = n8nRequest.encoding;
 	}
 
-	if (n8nRequest.skipSslCertificateValidation === true) {
-		axiosRequest.httpsAgent = new Agent({
-			rejectUnauthorized: false,
-		});
+	const host = getHostFromRequestObject(n8nRequest);
+	const agentOptions: AgentOptions = {};
+	if (host) {
+		agentOptions.servername = host;
 	}
+	if (n8nRequest.skipSslCertificateValidation === true) {
+		agentOptions.rejectUnauthorized = false;
+	}
+	axiosRequest.httpsAgent = new Agent(agentOptions);
 
 	if (n8nRequest.arrayFormat !== undefined) {
 		axiosRequest.paramsSerializer = (params) => {

packages/core/test/NodeExecuteFunctions.test.ts

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import {
 	copyInputItems,
 	getBinaryDataBuffer,
 	parseIncomingMessage,
+	parseRequestObject,
 	proxyRequestToAxios,
 	setBinaryDataBuffer,
 } from '@/NodeExecuteFunctions';
@@ -21,6 +22,7 @@ import nock from 'nock';
 import { tmpdir } from 'os';
 import { join } from 'path';
 import Container from 'typedi';
+import type { Agent } from 'https';
 
 const temporaryDir = mkdtempSync(join(tmpdir(), 'n8n'));
 
@@ -358,6 +360,16 @@ describe('NodeExecuteFunctions', () => {
 		});
 	});
 
+	describe('parseRequestObject', () => {
+		test('should not use Host header for SNI', async () => {
+			const axiosOptions = await parseRequestObject({
+				url: 'https://example.de/foo/bar',
+				headers: { Host: 'other.host.com' },
+			});
+			expect((axiosOptions.httpsAgent as Agent).options.servername).toEqual('example.de');
+		});
+	});
+
 	describe('copyInputItems', () => {
 		it('should pick only selected properties', () => {
 			const output = copyInputItems(