CVE-2026-123871
Published:November 11, 2026
Updated:November 13, 2026
Node.js discloses proxy credentials in ERR_PROXY_INVALID_CONFIG error messages. CVE-2026-48615 established that a proxy credential must not appear in a Node.js error message and redacted the username and password from ProxyConfig.href, but that fix missed four error paths in the same subsystem, one of them inside the same constructor, which interpolate the raw proxy URL, credentials included, into an ERR_PROXY_INVALID_CONFIG message. The proxy URL comes from the environment, but the defect is the sink: a secret that Node.js redacts everywhere else is emitted verbatim into a much wider audience than the process environment, such as stderr, container logs, log aggregation, and crash reporting services. This vulnerability affects Node.js 26.x, 24.x, and 22.x.
Affected Packages
nodejs (CONDA):
Affected version(s) >=24.8.0 <24.22.3Fix Suggestion:
Update to version 24.22.3nodejs (CONDA):
Affected version(s) >=22.21.1 <22.23.5Fix Suggestion:
Update to version 22.23.5nodejs (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) >=v22.21.0 <v22.23.5Fix Suggestion:
Update to version v22.23.5https://github.com/nodejs/node.git (GITHUB):
Affected version(s) >=v24.5.0 <v24.22.3Fix Suggestion:
Update to version v24.22.3Related ResourcesĀ (2)
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Contact UsCVSS v4
Base Score:
6.9
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Attack Requirements
NONE
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Vulnerable System Confidentiality
HIGH
Vulnerable System Integrity
NONE
Vulnerable System Availability
NONE
Subsequent System Confidentiality
NONE
Subsequent System Integrity
NONE
Subsequent System Availability
NONE
CVSS v3
Base Score:
6.2
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
NONE
Availability
NONE
Weakness Type (CWE)
Generation of Error Message Containing Sensitive Information
EPSS
Base Score:
0.16