Uncaught Exception in Node.js - CVE-2025-59466

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Main Vulnerability Database Vulnerabilities #VU126389

Uncaught Exception in Node.js - CVE-2025-59466

Published: April 17, 2026


Vulnerability identifier: #VU126389
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 8.2 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2025-59466
CWE-ID: CWE-248
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause a denial of service.

The vulnerability exists due to improper error handling in async_hooks error handling when deep recursion occurs with async_hooks.createHook() enabled. A remote attacker can trigger deep recursion to cause a denial of service.

Applications using AsyncLocalStorage or async_hooks.createHook() are affected under specific conditions.


Affected software

Node.js
Debian Linux
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP6
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 LTSS Extended
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing ESPOS 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing LTSS 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian
Anolis OS
Web and Scripting Module
openSUSE Leap
openEuler
nodejs-nodemon
npm
nodejs-npm
v8-devel
v8-12.4-devel
corepack16
nodejs16-debugsource
nodejs16
npm16
nodejs16-devel
nodejs16-debuginfo
nodejs16-docs
nodejs (Debian package)
nodejs18-devel
nodejs18-docs
nodejs18-debugsource
nodejs18-debuginfo
nodejs18
npm18
corepack18
nodejs-devel
nodejs-debugsource
nodejs-full-i18n
nodejs-debuginfo
nodejs-libs
nodejs
nodejs-docs
corepack20
nodejs20-docs
npm20
nodejs20-debuginfo
nodejs20-devel
nodejs20
nodejs20-debugsource
nodejs22 (Red Hat package)
nodejs22
nodejs22-devel
nodejs22-debugsource
npm22
corepack22
nodejs22-debuginfo
nodejs22-docs
nodejs24 (Red Hat package)
nodejs-packaging-bundler
nodejs-packaging

How to mitigate CVE-2025-59466

Install security update from vendor's website.

Node.js - addressed in versions 20.20.0, 22.22.0, 24.13.0, 25.3.0
nodejs-nodemon - update to 3.0.1-1
npm - update to 10.8.2-1.20.18.2.5
npm - update to 10.8.2-1.20.20.0.1
nodejs-npm - update to 10.9.4-1.22.22.0.1
v8-devel - update to 11.3.244.8-1.20.18.2.5
v8-12.4-devel - update to 12.4.254.21-1.22.22.0.1
corepack16 - update to 16.20.2-150400.3.42.1
nodejs16-debugsource - update to 16.20.2-150400.3.42.1
nodejs16 - update to 16.20.2-150400.3.42.1
npm16 - update to 16.20.2-150400.3.42.1
nodejs16-devel - update to 16.20.2-150400.3.42.1
nodejs16-debuginfo - update to 16.20.2-150400.3.42.1
nodejs16-docs - update to 16.20.2-150400.3.42.1
nodejs (Debian package) - addressed in versions 18.20.4+dfsg-1~deb12u2, 20.19.2+dfsg-1+deb13u1
nodejs18-devel - addressed in versions 18.20.8-8.44.1, 18.20.8-150400.9.39.1
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
corepack18 - update to 18.20.8-150400.9.39.1
nodejs-devel - update to 20.18.2-5
nodejs-debugsource - update to 20.18.2-5
nodejs-full-i18n - update to 20.18.2-5
nodejs-debuginfo - update to 20.18.2-5
nodejs-libs - update to 20.18.2-5
nodejs - update to 20.18.2-5
nodejs-docs - update to 20.18.2-5
nodejs-docs - addressed in versions 20.20.0-1, 22.22.0-1
nodejs - addressed in versions 20.20.0-1, 22.22.0-1
nodejs-devel - addressed in versions 20.20.0-1, 22.22.0-1
nodejs-full-i18n - addressed in versions 20.20.0-1, 22.22.0-1
corepack20 - addressed in versions 20.20.0-150500.11.24.1, 20.20.0-150600.3.15.1
nodejs20-docs - addressed in versions 20.20.0-150500.11.24.1, 20.20.0-150600.3.15.1
npm20 - addressed in versions 20.20.0-150500.11.24.1, 20.20.0-150600.3.15.1
nodejs20-debuginfo - addressed in versions 20.20.0-150500.11.24.1, 20.20.0-150600.3.15.1
nodejs20-devel - addressed in versions 20.20.0-150500.11.24.1, 20.20.0-150600.3.15.1
nodejs20 - addressed in versions 20.20.0-150500.11.24.1, 20.20.0-150600.3.15.1
nodejs20-debugsource - addressed in versions 20.20.0-150500.11.24.1, 20.20.0-150600.3.15.1
nodejs-libs - update to 22.22.0-1
nodejs22 (Red Hat package) - update to 22.22.0-3.el10_1
nodejs22 - addressed in versions 22.22.0-150600.13.12.1, 22.22.0-150700.3.6.1
nodejs22-devel - addressed in versions 22.22.0-150600.13.12.1, 22.22.0-150700.3.6.1
nodejs22-debugsource - addressed in versions 22.22.0-150600.13.12.1, 22.22.0-150700.3.6.1
npm22 - addressed in versions 22.22.0-150600.13.12.1, 22.22.0-150700.3.6.1
corepack22 - update to 22.22.0-150600.13.12.1
nodejs22-debuginfo - addressed in versions 22.22.0-150600.13.12.1, 22.22.0-150700.3.6.1
nodejs22-docs - addressed in versions 22.22.0-150600.13.12.1, 22.22.0-150700.3.6.1
nodejs24 (Red Hat package) - update to 24.13.0-1.el10_1
nodejs-packaging-bundler - update to 2021.06-5
nodejs-packaging - update to 2021.06-5

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