CVE-2025-23085: Node.js Node

Medium severity, CVSS 5.3. EPSS: 1.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

A memory leak could occur when a remote peer abruptly closes the socket without sending a GOAWAY notification. Additionally, if an invalid header was detected by nghttp2, causing the connection to be terminated by the peer, the same leak was triggered. This flaw could lead to increased memory consumption and potential denial of service under certain conditions. This vulnerability affects HTTP/2 Server users on Node.js v18.x, v20.x, v22.x and v23.x.

Affected products

• Node.js Node: from 4.0, before 5 (fixed in 5); from 5.0, before 6 (fixed in 6); from 6.0, before 7 (fixed in 7); from 7.0, before 8 (fixed in 8); from 8.0, before 9 (fixed in 9); from 9.0, before 10 (fixed in 10); …

Published 2025-02-07. Last modified 2026-06-17.