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CVE-2026-123828
Published:November 11, 2026
Updated:November 12, 2026
A one-byte heap buffer overflow in Node.js HTTP/2 Alt-Svc handling lets a remote, unauthenticated attacker corrupt process memory. When an application passes an attacker-controlled value such as a request's :authority header to Http2Session.altsvc(), the AltSvc implementation in src/node_http2.cc allocates a buffer sized to the origin length and then writes it with a null terminator, placing one byte past the end of the allocation. A single request carrying a long but syntactically valid :authority triggers the out-of-bounds write, which aborts the process and serves as a remote heap-corruption primitive. This vulnerability affects Node.js 26.x and 24.x.
Affected Packages
nodejs (CONDA):
Affected version(s) >=26.0.0 <26.13.1
Fix Suggestion:
Update to version 26.13.1
nodejs (CONDA):
Affected version(s) >=24.3.0 <24.22.3 || >=22.3.0 <24.22.3
Fix Suggestion:
Update to version 24.22.3
https://github.com/nodejs/node.git (GITHUB):
Affected version(s) >=v26.0.0 <v26.13.1
Fix Suggestion:
Update to version v26.13.1
https://github.com/nodejs/node.git (GITHUB):
Affected version(s) >=v22.0.0 <v24.22.3 || >=v24.0.0 <v24.22.3
Fix Suggestion:
Update to version v24.22.3
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CVSS v4
Base Score:
8.2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Attack Requirements
NONE
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Vulnerable System Confidentiality
NONE
Vulnerable System Integrity
NONE
Vulnerable System Availability
HIGH
Subsequent System Confidentiality
NONE
Subsequent System Integrity
NONE
Subsequent System Availability
NONE
CVSS v3
Base Score:
5.9
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
NONE
Availability
HIGH
Weakness Type (CWE)
Heap-based Buffer Overflow
EPSS
Base Score:
0.55