Out-of-bounds Write Affecting node package, versions [22.0.0, 22.23.4)[24.0.0, 24.22.1)[26.0.0, 26.12.1)
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- published22 Oct 2026
- disclosed21 Oct 2026
- creditmcollina
Introduced: 21 Oct 2026
NewCVE-2026-111497 (opens in a new tab)Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) are common identifiers for publicly known security vulnerabilities
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How to fix?
Upgrade node to version 22.23.4, 24.22.1, 26.12.1 or higher.
Overview
node is a JavaScript runtime built on Chrome's V8 JavaScript engine.
Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Out-of-bounds Write via block-switch handling in the Brotli decoder, specifically DecodeBlockTypeAndLength in deps/brotli/c/dec/decode.c. An attacker can execute arbitrary code by supplying a crafted Brotli-compressed stream with an invalid block switch to Node.js code that decodes it; the decoder fails to propagate the block-switch error during command processing, allowing the out-of-bounds write.
Notes
- At a literal, command, or distance block-switch, the vulnerable path is reached when that stream’s block-type count is at most one (max_block_type <= 1); the decoder’s boolean failure is then discarded by the unsafe switch path, which continues processing.