Uncaught Exception Affecting node package, versions [,20.20.0)[21.0.0,22.22.0)[23.0.0,24.13.0)[25.0.0,25.3.0)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (14th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UPSTREAM-NODE-14982196
  • published16 Jan 2026
  • disclosed13 Jan 2026
  • credit0xmaxhax

Introduced: 13 Jan 2026

CVE-2026-21637  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-248  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade node to version 20.20.0, 22.22.0, 24.13.0, 25.3.0 or higher.

Overview

node is a JavaScript runtime built on Chrome's V8 JavaScript engine.

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Uncaught Exception in the TLS module when a TLS server is configured with pskCallback or ALPNCallback. A remote attacker can crash or exhaust resources of a TLS server by sending input that causes the callback to throw an error.

CVSS Base Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1