CVE-2025-23165: Node.js Node

Low severity, CVSS 3.7. EPSS: 0.6% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

In Node.js, the `ReadFileUtf8` internal binding leaks memory due to a corrupted pointer in `uv_fs_s.file`: a UTF-16 path buffer is allocated but subsequently overwritten when the file descriptor is set. This results in an unrecoverable memory leak on every call. Repeated use can cause unbounded memory growth, leading to a denial of service. Impact: * This vulnerability affects APIs relying on `ReadFileUtf8` on Node.js release lines: v20 and v22.

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 2025-05-19. Last modified 2026-06-17.