Memory leak in Node.js - CVE-2025-23085

Vulnerability identifier: #VU103225

CSH Severity: Medium

CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green

CVE-ID: CVE-2025-23085

CWE-ID: CWE-401

Exploitation vector: Remote access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Affected software:
Node.js
Debian Linux
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 LTSS Extended
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5
Gentoo Linux
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing LTSS 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing ESPOS 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12
SUSE Manager Server
Anolis OS
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64
Web and Scripting Module
openSUSE Leap
openEuler
Fedora
EasyApache
IBM Business Automation Workflow
Oracle Blockchain Platform
APEX Cloud Platform for Red Hat OpenShift
PowerProtect Data Manager
APEX Cloud Platform for Microsoft Azure
nodejs-nodemon
npm
v8-devel
nodejs-docs
nodejs-libs
nodejs-full-i18n
nodejs-devel
nodejs-debugsource
nodejs-debuginfo
nodejs
nodejs (Debian package)
nodejs18-docs
nodejs18-devel
npm18
nodejs18
nodejs18-debuginfo
nodejs18-debugsource
corepack18
nodejs20
nodejs20-docs
nodejs20-debugsource
npm20
corepack20
nodejs20-devel
nodejs20-debuginfo
net-libs/nodejs
corepack22
nodejs22-debugsource
nodejs22
nodejs22-devel
npm22
nodejs22-debuginfo
nodejs22-docs
nodejs-packaging-bundler
nodejs-packaging
IBM QRadar Data Synchronization App
IBM App Connect Enterprise

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform DoS attack on the target system.

The vulnerability exists due memory leak when a remote peer abruptly closes the socket without sending a GOAWAY notification. A remote attacker can force the application to leak memory and perform denial of service attack.

Install updates from vendor's website.

• https://nodejs.org/en/blog/vulnerability/january-2025-security-releases