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Fencer Vulns
medium 5.3

CVE-2025-23085 json

A memory leak could occur when a remote peer abruptly closes the socket without sending a GOAWAY notification.

published 2025-02-07 21 mo ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also BIT-node-2025-23085 , BIT-node-min-2025-23085 , EUVD-2025-3113

cvss
5.3
version 3.0, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.4%
EPSS 1.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 72%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

A memory leak could occur when a remote peer abruptly closes the socket without sending a GOAWAY notification. Additionally, if an invalid header was detected by nghttp2, causing the connection to be terminated by the peer, the same leak was triggered. This flaw could lead to increased memory consumption and potential denial of service under certain conditions.

This vulnerability affects HTTP/2 Server users on Node.js v18.x, v20.x, v22.x and v23.x.

Patch / fix

  • bitnami node 18.20.6, 20.18.2, 22.13.1, 23.8.0
  • bitnami node-min 18.20.6, 20.18.2, 22.13.1, 23.8.0
  • NodeJS Node 18.20.6, 20.18.2, 22.13.1, 23.6.1
  • nodejs Debian 12 18.20.4+dfsg-1~deb12u2
  • nodejs Debian 13 20.19.2+dfsg-1+deb13u1
  • nodejs Debian 14 20.18.2+dfsg-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2025-23085

  • npm RHEL 9 1:10.9.2-1.22.13.1.1.module+el9.5.0+22763+17233acb
  • nodejs RHEL 9 1:22.13.1-1.module+el9.5.0+22763+17233acb
  • nodejs-libs RHEL 9 1:22.13.1-1.module+el9.5.0+22763+17233acb
  • nodejs-nodemon RHEL 9 3.0.1-1.module+el9.5.0+22763+17233acb
  • nodejs-full-i18n RHEL 9 1:22.13.1-1.module+el9.5.0+22763+17233acb
  • nodejs-packaging RHEL 9 2021.06-4.module+el9.5.0+22763+17233acb
  • nodejs-packaging-bundler RHEL 9 2021.06-4.module+el9.5.0+22763+17233acb
  • npm RHEL 8 1:10.9.2-1.22.13.1.1.module+el8.10.0+22759+46b58560

red hat advisories RHSA-2025:1613RHSA-2025:1611RHSA-2025:1582RHSA-2025:1446RHSA-2025:1443RHSA-2025:1351

  • nodejs16 SLES for SAP 15 SP4, SLES 15 SP4-LTSS, SLE High Performance Computing 15 SP4-LTSS +1 more 16.20.2-150400.3.42.1
  • nodejs22 SLE Module for Web and Scripting 15 SP6, openSUSE Leap 15.6 22.13.1-150600.13.6.1
  • nodejs20 SLE Module for Web and Scripting 15 SP6, openSUSE Leap 15.6 20.18.2-150600.3.9.1
  • nodejs18 SLES for SAP 15 SP5, SLES for SAP 15 SP4, SLES 15 SP5-LTSS +6 more 18.20.6-150400.9.33.1
  • nodejs20 SLES for SAP 15 SP5, SLES 15 SP5-LTSS, SLE High Performance Computing 15 SP5-LTSS +1 more 20.18.2-150500.11.18.1
  • nodejs18 SLES LTSS Extended Security 12 SP5, SLES 12 SP5-LTSS 18.20.6-8.33.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2026:4355-1SUSE-SU-2025:0284-1SUSE-SU-2025:0237-1SUSE-SU-2025:0234-1SUSE-SU-2025:0233-1SUSE-SU-2025:0232-1

  • nodejs26 openSUSE Tumbleweed 26.3.1-1.1
  • nodejs24 openSUSE Tumbleweed 24.11.1-2.1
  • nodejs22 openSUSE Tumbleweed 22.13.0-1.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2026:11110-1openSUSE-SU-2025:15802-1openSUSE-SU-2025:14706-1

  • npm AlmaLinux 8 1:10.8.2-1.18.20.6.1.module_el8.10.0+3960+fcfbf683
  • nodejs AlmaLinux 8 1:18.20.6-1.module_el8.10.0+3960+fcfbf683
  • nodejs-nodemon AlmaLinux 8 3.0.1-1.module_el8.8.0+3613+1ed8c91d
  • nodejs-full-i18n AlmaLinux 8 1:18.20.6-1.module_el8.10.0+3960+fcfbf683
  • nodejs-packaging AlmaLinux 8 2021.06-4.module_el8.10.0+3961+6a788e57
  • nodejs-packaging-bundler AlmaLinux 8 2021.06-4.module_el8.10.0+3961+6a788e57
  • npm AlmaLinux 8 1:10.9.2-1.22.13.1.1.module_el8.10.0+3961+6a788e57
  • nodejs AlmaLinux 8 1:22.13.1-1.module_el8.10.0+3961+6a788e57

almalinux advisories ALSA-2025:1582ALSA-2025:1611ALSA-2025:1613ALSA-2025:1443ALSA-2025:1446ALSA-2025:1351

  • nodejs-nodemon Rocky Linux 9 3.0.1-1.module+el9.6.0+32322+a8b1fd01
  • nodejs-nodemon Rocky Linux 9 3.0.1-1.module+el9.5.0+31770+0da7192d
  • nodejs-nodemon Rocky Linux 9 3.0.1-1.module+el9.6.0+32045+2e5d342d
  • nodejs-nodemon Rocky Linux 9 3.0.1-1.module+el9.6.0+32143+ae966e5b
  • nodejs-nodemon Rocky Linux 9 3.0.1-1.module+el9.6.0+32144+1d29a396
  • nodejs-nodemon Rocky Linux 9 3.0.1-1.module+el9.6.0+32185+bd121a25
  • nodejs-packaging Rocky Linux 9 2021.06-4.module+el9.5.0+31770+0da7192d
  • nodejs-packaging Rocky Linux 9 2021.06-4.module+el9.6.0+32045+2e5d342d

rocky linux advisories RLSA-2025:1613RLSA-2025:1582RLSA-2025:1611RLSA-2025:1443RLSA-2025:1446RLSA-2025:1351

  • nodejs Alpine 3.24, Alpine 3.23, Alpine 3.22 +1 more 22.13.1-r0

alpine advisories ALPINE-CVE-2025-23085

Alpine secdb © Alpine Linux, from https://secdb.alpinelinux.org via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • nodejs18 CBL-Mariner 2.0 18.20.3-3
  • nodejs Azure Linux 3.0 20.14.0-5

azure linux advisories AZL-56476AZL-56519

Azure Linux vulnerability data, Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation, from https://github.com/microsoft/AzureLinuxVulnerabilityData via OSV, under the MIT licence; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. MIT

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2025-23085 updated cvss 5.3

nodejs: GOAWAY HTTP/2 frames cause memory leak outside heap

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 nodejs22
    affected: workaround, no fix available “There's no available mitigation for this issue other than updating to the package version which contains the fix.”
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8) nodejs 18.20.6-1.module+el8.10.0+22776+24cd6c55, nodejs 20.18.2-1.module+el8.10.0+22767+a3309b10, nodejs 22.13.1-1.module+el8.10.0+22759+46b58560, nodejs-libs 22.13.1-1.module+el8.10.0+22759+46b58560, nodejs-nodemon 3.0.1-1.module+el8.10.0+21159+f5a7145d, nodejs-nodemon 3.0.1-1.module+el8.10.0+22759+46b58560, +13 more
    fixed: vendor fix “There's no available mitigation for this issue other than updating to the package version which contains the fix.” RHSA-2025:1582
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9) nodejs 18.20.6-1.module+el9.5.0+22773+9a359385, nodejs 20.18.2-1.module+el9.5.0+22758+4ad2c198, nodejs 22.13.1-1.module+el9.5.0+22763+17233acb, nodejs-libs 22.13.1-1.module+el9.5.0+22763+17233acb, nodejs-nodemon 3.0.1-1.module+el9.5.0+22763+17233acb, nodejs-nodemon 3.0.1-1.module+el9.5.0+22773+9a359385, +13 more
    fixed: vendor fix “There's no available mitigation for this issue other than updating to the package version which contains the fix.” RHSA-2025:1446

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
yes
Technical impact
partial
Assessed
21 mo ago

Exploit prediction

1.38% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 72% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.0 5.3 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
OSV 3.0 5.3 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
bitnami node
<18.20.6
>=19.0.0, <20.18.2
>=21.0.0, <22.13.1
>=23.0.0, <23.8.0
18.20.6
20.18.2
22.13.1
23.8.0
bitnami node-min
<18.20.6
>=19.0.0, <20.18.2
>=21.0.0, <22.13.1
>=23.0.0, <23.8.0
18.20.6
20.18.2
22.13.1
23.8.0

Affected products

  • NodeJS Node

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-401 Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime
Technology feeds

References

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.

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