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CVE-2026-123862 json

Node.js is vulnerable to a zlib denial of service via a stream destroy during a pending params() call

published 16h ago modified 15h ago also EUVD-2026-123679

cvss
2.9
version 3.0, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
—
no EPSS score yet
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

An uncatchable exception in the Node.js zlib streaming API lets a peer crash a process by disconnecting while data is being compressed. zlib.params() queues a flush and completes its work in that write's callback; if the stream is destroyed first, as pipeline() does when the peer goes away, Writable still invokes the callback with an error, but the callback ignores its arguments and asserts that the native handle still exists. The handle is gone, so an ERR_INTERNAL_ASSERTION is thrown from inside stream internals and bypasses the stream's error event, the params() callback, and the pipeline() callback, terminating the process. An application is affected only if it calls deflate.params() while streaming to a peer, which is uncommon. This vulnerability affects Node.js 26.x, 24.x, and 22.x.

Patch / fix

  • nodejs node 22.23.5, 24.22.3, 26.13.1
  • nodejs Alpine 3.22, Alpine 3.21 22.23.5-r0
  • nodejs Alpine 3.24, Alpine 3.23 24.22.3-r0

alpine advisories ALPINE-CVE-2026-123862

Alpine secdb © Alpine Linux, from https://secdb.alpinelinux.org via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

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red hat product security vex CVE-2026-123862 updated cvss 5.9

nodejs: Node.js: Denial of service via abrupt disconnection during zlib compression

  • Red Hat Hardened Images nodejs25 25.9.0-1.7.hum1, nodejs20 20.20.2-1.3.hum1, nodejs24 24.22.2-0.2.hum1, nodejs26 26.13.0-0.1.1.hum1, nodejs22 22.23.4-2.3.2.3.1.hum1
    affected: workaround, no fix available, no fix planned “Will not fix”

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.0 2.9 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

Affected products

  • nodejs node

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