CVE-2025-59464

high

Description

A memory leak in Node.js’s OpenSSL integration occurs when converting `X.509` certificate fields to UTF-8 without freeing the allocated buffer. When applications call `socket.getPeerCertificate(true)`, each certificate field leaks memory, allowing remote clients to trigger steady memory growth through repeated TLS connections. Over time this can lead to resource exhaustion and denial of service.

References

https://nodejs.org/en/blog/vulnerability/december-2025-security-releases

https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2026-3340

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2026-01-20

Updated: 2026-01-30

Named Vulnerability: GHSA-38m8-39f8-gq75

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00265