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Multiple Vulnerabilities in Node.js

Indian – Computer Emergency Response Team (https://www.cert-in.org.in)

Severity Rating: HIGH

Software Affected

Node.js versions prior to v20.20.2

Node.js versions prior to v22.22.2

Node.js versions prior to v24.14.1

Node.js versions prior to v25.8.2

Overview

Multiple vulnerabilities have been identified in Node.js that could be exploited by an attacker to bypass security controls, access sensitive information, or cause denial of service on the targeted system.

Target Audience:

All organizations and developers using Node.js.

Risk Assessment:

High risk of unauthorized access, security bypass, and service disruption.

Impact Assessment:

Potential for information disclosure, execution of unauthorized actions, or denial of service conditions affecting application availability.

Description

Node.js is an open-source, cross-platform JavaScript runtime environment used for building scalable network applications.

These vulnerabilities exist due to improper error handling, memory leak issues and other flaws in Node.js. An attacker could exploit these by sending specially crafted requests.

Successful exploitation of these vulnerabilities could enable bypass of security controls, unauthorized access to sensitive information, or cause denial of service conditions on the targeted system.

Solution

Apply appropriate security updates as mentioned in:

https://nodejs.org/en/blog/vulnerability/march-2026-security-releases

Vendor Information

Node.js 

https://nodejs.org/en

References

 

https://nodejs.org/en/blog/vulnerability/march-2026-security-releases

CVE Name

CVE-2026-21637

CVE-2026-20953

CVE-2026-21710

CVE-2026-21711

CVE-2026-21712

CVE-2026-21713

CVE-2026-21714

CVE-2026-21715

CVE-2026-21716

CVE-2026-21717

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Postal address:

Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In)

Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology

Government of India

Electronics Niketan

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New Delhi-110 003

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