Improper error handling in Node.js - CVE-2025-23166

Vulnerability identifier: #VU109241

CSH Severity: Medium

CVSS v4: 8.7 [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]

CVE-ID: CVE-2025-23166

CWE-ID: CWE-388

Exploitation vector: Remote access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to incorrect error handling in async cryptographic operations within the SignTraits::DeriveBits() function. A remote attacker can send specially crafted input to the application can crash the Node.js runtime.

Node.js
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5
Debian Linux
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 LTSS Extended
Arch Linux
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing LTSS 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing ESPOS 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64
Anolis OS
Web and Scripting Module
openSUSE Leap
openEuler
Fedora
Netcool Operations Insight
EasyApache
IBM Business Automation Workflow
IBM Documentation Offline
App Connect Enterprise Certified Container
watsonx Orchestrate with watsonx Assistant Cartridge - UAB Component
Splunk Enterprise
Splunk Universal Forwarder
IBM App Connect Enterprise
Oracle GraalVM for JDK
nodejs-nodemon
npm
v8-devel
nodejs16-debugsource
nodejs16
corepack16
npm16
nodejs16-docs
nodejs16-debuginfo
nodejs16-devel
nodejs (Debian package)
nodejs18-docs
nodejs18-debugsource
nodejs18-debuginfo
nodejs18
npm18
nodejs18-devel
corepack18
nodejs-libs
nodejs
nodejs-debuginfo
nodejs-debugsource
nodejs-devel
nodejs-full-i18n
nodejs-docs
nodejs-lts-iron
nodejs20
corepack20
nodejs20-docs
npm20
nodejs20-debugsource
nodejs20-devel
nodejs20-debuginfo
nodejs-lts-jod
nodejs22
nodejs22-debuginfo
npm22
nodejs22-devel
nodejs22-docs
corepack22
nodejs22-debugsource
nodejs22 (Red Hat package)
nodejs-packaging
nodejs-packaging-bundler

Install updates from vendor's website.

Node.js - addressed in versions 20.19.2, 22.15.1, 23.11.1, 24.0.2
Netcool Operations Insight - update to 1.6.15
EasyApache - update to 4 25-16
watsonx Orchestrate with watsonx Assistant Cartridge - UAB Component - update to 5.2.1
Splunk Enterprise - addressed in versions 9.2.12, 9.3.9, 9.4.8, 10.0.3
Splunk Universal Forwarder - addressed in versions 9.2.12, 9.3.9, 9.4.8, 10.0.3
IBM App Connect Enterprise - addressed in versions 12.0.12.16, 13.0.4.1
IBM Documentation Offline - update to 1.2.0
nodejs-nodemon - update to 3.0.1-1
npm - update to 10.8.2-1.20.18.2.3
npm - update to 10.8.2-1.20.19.2.1
v8-devel - update to 11.3.244.8-1.20.18.2.3
App Connect Enterprise Certified Container - addressed in versions 12.0.14, 12.14.0
nodejs16-debugsource - update to 16.20.2-150400.3.42.1
nodejs16 - update to 16.20.2-150400.3.42.1
corepack16 - update to 16.20.2-150400.3.42.1
npm16 - update to 16.20.2-150400.3.42.1
nodejs16-docs - update to 16.20.2-150400.3.42.1
nodejs16-debuginfo - update to 16.20.2-150400.3.42.1
nodejs16-devel - update to 16.20.2-150400.3.42.1
nodejs (Debian package) - update to 18.20.4+dfsg-1~deb12u2
nodejs18-docs - addressed in versions 18.20.8-8.44.1, 18.20.8-150400.9.39.1
nodejs18-debugsource - addressed in versions 18.20.8-8.44.1, 18.20.8-150400.9.39.1
nodejs18-debuginfo - addressed in versions 18.20.8-8.44.1, 18.20.8-150400.9.39.1
nodejs18 - addressed in versions 18.20.8-8.44.1, 18.20.8-150400.9.39.1
npm18 - addressed in versions 18.20.8-8.44.1, 18.20.8-150400.9.39.1
nodejs18-devel - addressed in versions 18.20.8-8.44.1, 18.20.8-150400.9.39.1
corepack18 - update to 18.20.8-150400.9.39.1
nodejs-libs - update to 20.18.2-3
nodejs - update to 20.18.2-3
nodejs-debuginfo - update to 20.18.2-3
nodejs-debugsource - update to 20.18.2-3
nodejs-devel - update to 20.18.2-3
nodejs-full-i18n - update to 20.18.2-3
nodejs-docs - update to 20.18.2-3
nodejs-lts-iron - update to 20.19.2-1
nodejs-docs - update to 20.19.2-1
nodejs-full-i18n - update to 20.19.2-1
nodejs-devel - update to 20.19.2-1
nodejs - update to 20.19.2-1
nodejs20 - addressed in versions 20.19.2-1.fc41, 20.19.2-1.fc42
corepack20 - addressed in versions 20.19.2-150500.11.21.1, 20.19.2-150600.3.12.1
nodejs20-docs - addressed in versions 20.19.2-150500.11.21.1, 20.19.2-150600.3.12.1
npm20 - addressed in versions 20.19.2-150500.11.21.1, 20.19.2-150600.3.12.1
nodejs20 - addressed in versions 20.19.2-150500.11.21.1, 20.19.2-150600.3.12.1
nodejs20-debugsource - addressed in versions 20.19.2-150500.11.21.1, 20.19.2-150600.3.12.1
nodejs20-devel - addressed in versions 20.19.2-150500.11.21.1, 20.19.2-150600.3.12.1
nodejs20-debuginfo - addressed in versions 20.19.2-150500.11.21.1, 20.19.2-150600.3.12.1
nodejs-lts-jod - update to 22.15.1-1
nodejs22 - addressed in versions 22.15.1-1.fc41, 22.15.1-1.fc42
nodejs22-debuginfo - addressed in versions 22.15.1-150600.13.9.1, 22.15.1-150700.3.3.1
nodejs22 - addressed in versions 22.15.1-150600.13.9.1, 22.15.1-150700.3.3.1
npm22 - addressed in versions 22.15.1-150600.13.9.1, 22.15.1-150700.3.3.1
nodejs22-devel - addressed in versions 22.15.1-150600.13.9.1, 22.15.1-150700.3.3.1
nodejs22-docs - addressed in versions 22.15.1-150600.13.9.1, 22.15.1-150700.3.3.1
corepack22 - update to 22.15.1-150600.13.9.1
nodejs22-debugsource - addressed in versions 22.15.1-150600.13.9.1, 22.15.1-150700.3.3.1
nodejs22 (Red Hat package) - update to 22.16.0-1.el10_0
nodejs - update to 23.11.1-1
nodejs-packaging - update to 2021.06-4
nodejs-packaging-bundler - update to 2021.06-4

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

• Multiple vulnerabilities in Node.js
• Arch Linux update for nodejs-lts-iron
• Arch Linux update for nodejs-lts-jod
• Arch Linux update for nodejs
• Fedora 41 update for nodejs22
• Fedora 42 update for nodejs22
• Fedora 42 update for nodejs20
• Fedora 41 update for nodejs20
• cPanel EasyApache4 update for third-party components
• openEuler 24.03 LTS SP1 update for nodejs
• openEuler 24.03 LTS update for nodejs
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 update for the nodejs:22 module
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 update for the nodejs:20 module
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 update for nodejs22
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 update for the nodejs:22 module
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 update for the nodejs:20 module
• SUSE update for nodejs22
• SUSE update for nodejs22
• Anolis OS update for nodejs:20 module
• SUSE update for nodejs20
• SUSE update for nodejs20
• Multiple vulnerabilities in Oracle GraalVM for JDK
• Multiple vulnerabilities in IBM App Connect Enterprise
• IBM App Connect Enterprise Certified Container update for Node.js
• Multiple vulnerabilities in IBM watsonx Orchestrate with watsonx Assistant Cartridge - UAB Component
• Multiple vulnerabilities in IBM Business Automation Workflow
• Multiple vulnerabilities in Netcool Operations Insight
• Multiple vulnerabilities in IBM Documentation Offline
• Splunk Enterprise Security update for third-party components
• Splunk Universal Forwarder update for node.js
• Debian update for nodejs
• SUSE update for nodejs18
• SUSE update for nodejs18
• SUSE update for nodejs16