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A high-severity vulnerability (CVE-2025-23166) was discovered in Node.js affecting all active release lines (20.x, 22.x, 23.x, 24.x). The vulnerability was disclosed on May 14, 2025, and involves improper error handling in async cryptographic operations that can lead to process crashes (Node.js Blog, NVD).
The vulnerability exists in the C++ method SignTraits::DeriveBits() which may incorrectly call ThrowException() based on user-supplied inputs when executing in a background thread. This issue specifically occurs during cryptographic operations that are commonly applied to untrusted inputs. The vulnerability has received a CVSS v3.0 base score of 7.5 (High) with a vector string of CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H (NVD).
The vulnerability allows an adversary to remotely crash a Node.js runtime, affecting the availability of the service. This impacts all users across the active Node.js release lines: 20.x, 22.x, 23.x, and 24.x (Node.js Blog).
Node.js has released security updates to address this vulnerability. The fixed versions are: Node.js v20.19.2, v22.15.1, v23.11.1, and v24.0.2. Users are strongly advised to upgrade to these patched versions (Node.js Blog).
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