CVE-2026-21710 Affecting nodejs20-devel package, versions <20.20.2-150500.11.27.1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

Based on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
25.04% (98th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-SLES155-NODEJS20DEVEL-16090161
  • published16 Apr 2026
  • disclosed15 Apr 2026

Introduced: 15 Apr 2026

CVE-2026-21710  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade SLES:15.5 nodejs20-devel to version 20.20.2-150500.11.27.1 or higher.

NVD Description

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

A flaw in Node.js HTTP request handling causes an uncaught TypeError when a request is received with a header named __proto__ and the application accesses req.headersDistinct.

When this occurs, dest[&#34;__proto__&#34;] resolves to Object.prototype rather than undefined, causing .push() to be called on a non-array. This exception is thrown synchronously inside a property getter and cannot be intercepted by error event listeners, meaning it cannot be handled without wrapping every req.headersDistinct access in a try/catch.

  • This vulnerability affects all Node.js HTTP servers on 20.x, 22.x, 24.x, and v25.x

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1