Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling Affecting nodejs20 package, versions <20.20.0-150500.11.24.1


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.44% (37th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-SLES155-NODEJS20-15277792
  • published13 Feb 2026
  • disclosed11 Feb 2026

Introduced: 11 Feb 2026

CVE-2026-22036  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-770  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade SLES:15.5 nodejs20 to version 20.20.0-150500.11.24.1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream nodejs20 package and not the nodejs20 package as distributed by SLES. See How to fix? for SLES:15.5 relevant fixed versions and status.

Undici is an HTTP/1.1 client for Node.js. Prior to 7.18.0 and 6.23.0, the number of links in the decompression chain is unbounded and the default maxHeaderSize allows a malicious server to insert thousands compression steps leading to high CPU usage and excessive memory allocation. This vulnerability is fixed in 7.18.0 and 6.23.0.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1