Use After Free Affecting nodejs package, versions [22.20.0,]


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.55% (43rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CONAN-NODEJS-18533137
  • published5 Aug 2026
  • disclosed4 Aug 2026
  • credithahahkim

Introduced: 4 Aug 2026

NewCVE-2026-56848  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-416  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

A fix was pushed into the master branch but not yet published.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Use After Free in the HTTP/2 handling process when nghttp2_session_mem_send() is called re-entrantly during the execution of nghttp2_session_mem_recv(). An attacker can cause a heap-use-after-free condition by triggering concurrent or re-entrant calls, potentially leading to denial of service or other unpredictable behavior.

CVSS Base Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1