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TI-2017-11644 Aliases CVE-2017-15897GHSA-f2j2-5fh3-4jrr

Node.js had a bug in versions 8.X and 9.X which caused buffers to not be initialized when…

Priority LOW 20CWE-665Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
High
Impact type
—
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
Low · None · None
Fix status
Will not fix Red Hat: no fix planned

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat.

Summary

Node.js had a bug in versions 8.X and 9.X which caused buffers to not be initialized when the encoding for the fill value did not match the encoding specified. For example, 'Buffer.alloc(0x100, "This is not correctly encoded", "hex");' The buffer implementation was updated such that the buffer will be initialized to all zeros in these cases.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.02322 83rd percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Will not fix Red Hat: no fix planned

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
NodeJSNode.js8.0 and higher; 9.0 and higher—No fix listedCNA
  • Node.js VendorNodeJS Affected 8.0 and higher; 9.0 and higher Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 3

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:nodejs:node.js:*:*:*:*:-:*:*:*8.0.0 – 8.8.1VulnerableNodeJS
cpe:2.3:a:nodejs:node.js:*:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*8.9.0 to before 8.9.3VulnerableNodeJS
cpe:2.3:a:nodejs:node.js:*:*:*:*:-:*:*:*9.0.0 to before 9.2.1VulnerableNodeJS
  • cpe:2.3:a:nodejs:node.js:*:*:*:*:-:*:*:* Versions 8.0.0 – 8.8.1 Vulnerable ·NodeJS
  • cpe:2.3:a:nodejs:node.js:*:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* Versions 8.9.0 to before 8.9.3 Vulnerable ·NodeJS
  • cpe:2.3:a:nodejs:node.js:*:*:*:*:-:*:*:* Versions 9.0.0 to before 9.2.1 Vulnerable ·NodeJS

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat rating: Low. Red Hat's page for this CVE →

ProductStatusPlan or fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8AffectedNo fix planned: Will not fix
Red Hat Software CollectionsAffectedNo fix planned: Will not fix
Not affected: 4 products
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 7 (Kilo) Operational Tools
  • Red Hat OpenShift Enterprise 3
  • Red Hat OpenStack Platform 9 (Mitaka) Operational Tools
  • Red Hat Software Collections

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2017-15897
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-f2j2-5fh3-4jrr

References

Advisory 1

  • TI-2026-79288 Out-of-bounds write in Google Brotli decoder KEVCVSS 4.0CRITICAL 9.2
  • TI-2023-23979 The HTTP/2 protocol allows a denial of service (server resource consumption) because… KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2016-01993 The DES and Triple DES ciphers, as used in the TLS, SSH, and IPSec protocols and other… CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2024-03325 Command injection vulnerability in programing languages on Microsoft Windows operating system. CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2022-03472 X.509 Email Address Variable Length Buffer Overflow CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2022-03315 X.509 Email Address 4-byte Buffer Overflow CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
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Sources

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