CVSS 3.0
5.9 mediumCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HCVE-2026-123875 Node.js is vulnerable to an HTTP/2 denial of service via a NULL pointer dereference when a respondWithFile() download is cancelled
Medium (5.9) in nodejs node. EPSS 0.4% estimated probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
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A NULL pointer dereference in Node.js HTTP/2 lets an unauthenticated client crash the server, over both TLS and cleartext, by cancelling file downloads. When the server serves a file with stream.respondWithFile() or stream.respondWithFD() and the client cancels the request, a StreamPipe used for the transfer is torn down in an order that leaves a NULL pointer which is then dereferenced, aborting the process. No crafted frames are needed, and a handful of cancelled requests against a default file-serving handler is enough. This vulnerability affects Node.js 26.x, 24.x, and 22.x.
Severity
- EPSS
- 0.4% estimated probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days; 34th percentile. Scored 2026-11-13. A forecast for this CVE across the internet, not for your own systems.
- CWE
- CWE-476 NULL Pointer Dereference
- OWASP Top 10
- A10:2025 Mishandling of Exceptional Conditions
- Published
- Modified
- Assigned by
- openjs (CNA)
- NVD analysis
- Awaiting analysis
- Record from
- the NVD, synced
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Affected
Versions
From the CNA's record in the CVE List.
| Product | Affected |
|---|---|
| nodejs node | from 0.0.0 before 22.23.5 |
| nodejs node | from 23.0.0 before 24.22.3 |
| nodejs node | from 25.0.0 before 26.13.1 |
Fix and patched versions
- Red Hat, Alpine, Alpaquita, BellSoft Hardened Containers: fixed package versions per release
Linux distributions
| Distribution | Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | 12, 13, 14 | nodejs | no fix listed | DEBIAN-CVE-2026-123875 |
| Ubuntu | 24.04:LTS, 26.04:LTS, 26.10 and 5 more | nodejs | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2026-123875 |
| Red Hat | hummingbird:1 | nodejs22, nodejs22-bin, nodejs22-docs and 4 more | 1:22.23.5-2.3.2.3.1.hum1 | RHSA-2026:99433 |
| Red Hat | hummingbird:1 | nodejs22-npm | 1:10.9.9-1.22.23.5.2.3.2.3.1.hum1 | RHSA-2026:99433 |
| Red Hat | hummingbird:1 | nodejs24, nodejs24-bin, nodejs24-docs and 3 more | 1:24.22.3-0.1.hum1 | RHSA-2026:99435 |
| Red Hat | hummingbird:1 | nodejs24-npm | 2:11.19.1-1.24.22.3.0.1.hum1 | RHSA-2026:99435 |
| Red Hat | hummingbird:1 | nodejs24-npm-bin | 2:24.22.3-0.1.hum1 | RHSA-2026:99435 |
| Red Hat | hummingbird:1 | nodejs26, nodejs26-bin, nodejs26-docs and 4 more | 1:26.13.1-0.1.hum1 | RHSA-2026:99436 |
| Red Hat | hummingbird:1 | nodejs26-npm | 1:11.20.0-1.26.13.1.0.1.hum1 | RHSA-2026:99436 |
| Alpine | v3.21, v3.22 | nodejs | 22.23.5-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2026-123875 |
| Alpine | v3.23, v3.24 | nodejs | 24.22.3-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2026-123875 |
| Alpine | v3.24 | nodejs-current | 26.13.1-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2026-123875 |
| Alpaquita | stream | nodejs22 | 22.23.5-r0 | BELL-CVE-2026-123875 |
| Alpaquita | stream | nodejs24 | 24.22.3-r0 | BELL-CVE-2026-123875 |
| Alpaquita | stream | nodejs26 | 26.13.1-r0 | BELL-CVE-2026-123875 |
| BellSoft Hardened Containers | stream | nodejs22 | 22.23.5-r0 | BELL-CVE-2026-123875 |
| BellSoft Hardened Containers | stream | nodejs24 | 24.22.3-r0 | BELL-CVE-2026-123875 |
| BellSoft Hardened Containers | stream | nodejs26 | 26.13.1-r0 | BELL-CVE-2026-123875 |
From the distributions' data via OSV.dev: the Debian Security Tracker; Ubuntu Security Notices © Canonical Ltd., CC BY-SA 4.0; Red Hat Security Data © Red Hat, Inc., CC BY 4.0; the Alpine secdb, CC BY-SA 4.0; BellSoft's OSV database, MIT. Modified: reformatted and linked to CVE records. Credits. On the distributions' own pages: Debian · Ubuntu · Red Hat · Alpine · Alpaquita · BellSoft Hardened Containers.
Red Hat
Red Hat rates this Moderate.
This vulnerability is rated as Moderate impact because successful exploitation is restricted to denial of service and requires applications to explicitly implement Node.js HTTP/2 file-serving APIs. Applications not utilizing HTTP/2 servers or those handling file delivery through alternative mechanisms are not affected. While an unauthenticated remote client can trigger an abrupt process crash by prematurely aborting in-flight transfers, confidentiality and system integrity are not compromised.
Avoid respondWithFile()/respondWithFD() over HTTP/2 for untrusted clients; use HTTP/1.1 or reverse-proxy file serving instead. Restrict HTTP/2 file endpoints to trusted networks (see CME-202).
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 | nodejs22 | Fix deferred | |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 | nodejs24 | Fix deferred | |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 | nodejs26 | Fix deferred | |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 | nodejs:22/nodejs | Fix deferred | |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 | nodejs:24/nodejs | Fix deferred | |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 | nodejs:22/nodejs | Fix deferred | |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 | nodejs:24/nodejs | Fix deferred | |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 | nodejs:26/nodejs | Fix deferred | |
| Red Hat Hardened Images | hi/nodejs | Under investigation | |
| Red Hat Hardened Images | nodejs20 | Will not fix | |
| Red Hat Hardened Images | nodejs22 | Affected | |
| Red Hat Hardened Images | nodejs24 | Affected | |
| Red Hat Hardened Images | nodejs25 | Will not fix | |
| Red Hat Hardened Images | nodejs26 | Affected | |
| Red Hat Hardened Images | npm12 | Under investigation |
Contains Red Hat Security Data © Red Hat, Inc., licensed under CC BY 4.0. Source: https://access.redhat.com/security/data. Modified: reformatted. Red Hat's page for CVE-2026-123875.