CVE-2025-23166 Affecting nodejs18-devel package, versions <18.20.8-150400.9.39.1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

Based on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.82% (57th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-SLES154-NODEJS18DEVEL-19944873
  • published19 Sept 2026
  • disclosed18 Sept 2026

Introduced: 18 Sep 2026

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How to fix?

Upgrade SLES:15.4 nodejs18-devel to version 18.20.8-150400.9.39.1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream nodejs18-devel package and not the nodejs18-devel package as distributed by SLES. See How to fix? for SLES:15.4 relevant fixed versions and status.

The C++ method SignTraits::DeriveBits() may incorrectly call ThrowException() based on user-supplied inputs when executing in a background thread, crashing the Node.js process. Such cryptographic operations are commonly applied to untrusted inputs. Thus, this mechanism potentially allows an adversary to remotely crash a Node.js runtime.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1