Resource exhaustion in Node.js - CVE-2026-48619

 

Resource exhaustion in Node.js - CVE-2026-48619

Published: June 22, 2026


Vulnerability identifier: #VU135018
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-2026-48619
CWE-ID: CWE-400
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 uncontrolled resource consumption in node:http2 clients when processing attacker-controlled ORIGIN frames. A remote attacker can send an unlimited number of ORIGIN frames to cause a denial of service.

The issue can lead to an out-of-memory condition on the client.


Affected software

Node.js
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4
Debian Linux
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 LTSS Extended
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing ESPOS 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing LTSS 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 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 IBM z Systems
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64
openSUSE Leap
Anolis OS
Fedora
nodejs-npm
v8-12.4-devel
corepack16
nodejs16-docs
nodejs16-debuginfo
nodejs16-devel
npm16
nodejs16
nodejs16-debugsource
nodejs18-docs
nodejs18-debugsource
nodejs18-debuginfo
nodejs18
npm18
nodejs18-devel
corepack18
nodejs (Debian package)
nodejs
nodejs-docs
nodejs-libs
nodejs-full-i18n
nodejs-devel
nodejs22
nodejs24

How to mitigate CVE-2026-48619

Install security update from vendor's website.

Node.js - addressed in versions 22.23.0, 24.17.0, 26.3.1
nodejs-npm - update to 10.9.8-1.22.23.0.1
v8-12.4-devel - update to 12.4.254.21-1.22.23.0.1
corepack16 - 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
npm16 - update to 16.20.2-150400.3.42.1
nodejs16 - update to 16.20.2-150400.3.42.1
nodejs16-debugsource - update to 16.20.2-150400.3.42.1
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
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 (Debian package) - update to 20.19.2+dfsg-1+deb13u3
nodejs - update to 22.23.0-1
nodejs-docs - update to 22.23.0-1
nodejs-libs - update to 22.23.0-1
nodejs-full-i18n - update to 22.23.0-1
nodejs-devel - update to 22.23.0-1
nodejs22 - update to 22.23.1-2.fc44
nodejs24 - update to 24.18.0-1.fc44

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