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TI-2025-37009 Aliases CVE-2025-59464GHSA-38m8-39f8-gq75

Uncontrolled resource consumption in NodeJS node

Priority LOW 32CWE-400Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Denial of service
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
None · None · High
Fix status
Partial Red Hat: 1 fixed, 1 without a fix

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat. Impact type from CWE-400.

Summary

A memory leak in Node.js’s OpenSSL integration occurs when converting `X.509` certificate fields to UTF-8 without freeing the allocated buffer. When applications call `socket.getPeerCertificate(true)`, each certificate field leaks memory, allowing remote clients to trigger steady memory growth through repeated TLS connections. Over time this can lead to resource exhaustion and denial of service.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00271 19th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Partial node (nodejs): 24.12.0Red Hat: 6 advisoriesRed Hat: 1 fixed, 1 without a fix

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
None
Automatable
No
Technical impact
Partial

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
NodeJSnode24.12.0 to before 24.12.024.12.0Patch availableCNA
  • node VendorNodeJS Affected 24.12.0 to before 24.12.0 Fixed in 24.12.0 Patch available CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:nodejs:node.js:*:*:*:*:-:*:*:*24.0.0 to before 24.12.0VulnerableNodeJS
  • cpe:2.3:a:nodejs:node.js:*:*:*:*:-:*:*:* Versions 24.0.0 to before 24.12.0 Vulnerable ·NodeJS

Remediation

  • Fix · CNA node (nodejs) Fixed in 24.12.0

Red Hat 6 advisories

  • RHSA-2026:7657 Released 2026-04-11 · Red Hat rating Important
    Red Hat Hardened Images RPMs bug fix and enhancement update
    • Red Hat Hardened Images nodejs24-24.14.1-4.1.hum1@aarch64, nodejs24-24.14.1-4.1.hum1@src, nodejs24-24.14.1-4.1.hum1@x86_64 +14
  • RHSA-2026:7387 Released 2026-04-10 · Red Hat rating Important
    Red Hat Hardened Images RPMs bug fix and enhancement update
    • Red Hat Hardened Images nodejs22-22.22.0-1.3.hum1@aarch64, nodejs22-22.22.0-1.3.hum1@src, nodejs22-22.22.0-1.3.hum1@x86_64 +14
  • RHSA-2026:7386 Released 2026-04-10 · Red Hat rating Important
    Red Hat Hardened Images RPMs bug fix and enhancement update
    • Red Hat Hardened Images nodejs20-20.20.0-7.1.hum1@aarch64, nodejs20-20.20.0-7.1.hum1@src, nodejs20-20.20.0-7.1.hum1@x86_64 +14
Show 3 more Red Hat advisories
  • RHSA-2026:7378 Released 2026-04-10 · Red Hat rating Important
    Red Hat Hardened Images RPMs bug fix and enhancement update
    • Red Hat Hardened Images nodejs25-25.9.0-1.1.hum1@aarch64, nodejs25-25.9.0-1.1.hum1@src, nodejs25-25.9.0-1.1.hum1@x86_64 +14
  • RHSA-2026:6431 Released 2026-04-02 · Red Hat rating Important
    Red Hat Hardened Images RPMs bug fix and enhancement update
    • Red Hat Hardened Images nodejs25-25.9.0-1.hum1@aarch64, nodejs25-25.9.0-1.hum1@src, nodejs25-25.9.0-1.hum1@x86_64 +14
  • RHSA-2026:6402 Released 2026-04-01 · Red Hat rating Important
    Red Hat Hardened Images RPMs bug fix and enhancement update
    • Red Hat Hardened Images nodejs24-24.14.1-4.hum1@aarch64, nodejs24-24.14.1-4.hum1@src, nodejs24-24.14.1-4.hum1@x86_64 +14

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

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

ProductStatusPlan or fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9AffectedNo fix planned: Will not fix
Red Hat Hardened ImagesFixed RHSA-2026:6402, RHSA-2026:6431, RHSA-2026:7378, RHSA-2026:7386, RHSA-2026:7387, RHSA-2026:7657
Not affected: 4 products
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
  • Red Hat Hardened Images

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2025-59464
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-38m8-39f8-gq75
  3. 2026-10-16 Affected versions changed · Red Hat

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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