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
Anolis OS
nodejs-npm
v8-12.4-devel
nodejs
nodejs-devel
nodejs-full-i18n
nodejs-libs
nodejs-docs

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
nodejs - update to 22.23.0-1
nodejs-devel - update to 22.23.0-1
nodejs-full-i18n - update to 22.23.0-1
nodejs-libs - update to 22.23.0-1
nodejs-docs - update to 22.23.0-1

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