CVE-2026-123868
Published:November 11, 2026
Updated:November 12, 2026
An unauthenticated HTTP/2 client can exhaust Node.js server memory because inbound DATA queued on an undrained stream is charged to no session budget. Each inbound DATA frame creates one JavaScript Buffer view in the receiving stream's readable queue, but nothing charges that queue to current_session_memory_: the socket read buffer is accounted only during parsing and released immediately, so whatever stays queued is accounted to nothing. A peer that fills a stream's receive window with one-byte DATA frames pays about 10 wire bytes per frame while the server retains about 114 bytes per frame, so a single stream on one connection can retain hundreds of megabytes from tens of megabytes sent. maxSessionMemory neither bounds the growth nor refuses new streams, because Http2Session::CanAddStream gates admission on the same counter that never sees the queue. This vulnerability affects Node.js 26.x and 24.x.
Affected Packages
nodejs (CONDA):
Affected version(s) >=24.3.0 <24.22.3 || >=22.3.0 <24.22.3Fix Suggestion:
Update to version 24.22.3nodejs (CONDA):
Affected version(s) >=26.0.0 <26.13.1Fix Suggestion:
Update to version 26.13.1https://github.com/nodejs/node.git (GITHUB):
Affected version(s) >=v26.0.0 <v26.13.1Fix Suggestion:
Update to version v26.13.1https://github.com/nodejs/node.git (GITHUB):
Affected version(s) >=v22.0.0 <v24.22.3 || >=v24.0.0 <v24.22.3Fix Suggestion:
Update to version v24.22.3Related Resources (2)
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Contact UsCVSS 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)
Uncontrolled Resource Consumption
EPSS
Base Score:
0.41