CVE-2025-23165 Affecting nodejs package, versions <22.15.1-r0


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on default assessment until relevant scores are available.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.06% (20th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ALPINE321-NODEJS-10272456
  • published30 May 2025
  • disclosed19 May 2025

Introduced: 19 May 2025

CVE-2025-23165  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Alpine:3.21 nodejs to version 22.15.1-r0 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream nodejs package and not the nodejs package as distributed by Alpine. See How to fix? for Alpine:3.21 relevant fixed versions and status.

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.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1