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CVE-2026-21710VulnerabilityPublished Updated

Red Hat Security Advisory: nodejs:20 security update

Affects Red Hat nodejs:20Source GCVE Database

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Authoritative record:CVE-2026-21710· High 7.5

Not known to be exploited · 25% EPSS · CVSS 7.5 High · fixed in Red Hat package updates : patch Red Hat node soon.

Data as of 30 Oct 2026, 06:59 UTC

CVSS 3.0 base score
7.5High
How severe the flaw is on the 0–10 CVSS scale.
EPSS
25.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 97% of CVEsExploit Prediction Scoring System: the likelihood attackers will use this flaw soon.
Patch
Available – fixed in 26.0.0, 25.0.0, 23.0.0 +1
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Exploitation evidence

  1. Disclosed: evidence found.

    CVE published 30 Mar 2026

  2. Detectable: no evidence on record.

    No public nuclei template indexed

  3. Weaponized: no evidence on record.

    No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB

  4. Exploited in the wild: no evidence on record.

    Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation

  5. Observed by OffSeq Mirage: no evidence on record.

    No attack traffic recorded by OffSeq Mirage sensors

A missing step is not evidence of safety. Sources: cve.org (opens in a new tab), the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 29 Oct 2026.

What to do

Upgrade node to 26.0.0, 25.0.0, 23.0.0 or 21.0.0.

Affected software

ProductAffectedFixed in
nodejsnodeAffected
  • 4.0 – 19.0
  • >=20.20.1 <=20.20.1
  • >=22.22.1 <=22.22.1
  • >=24.14.0 <=24.14.0
  • >=25.8.1 <=25.8.1
16 affected builds
Fixed in–
npmnodepkg:npm/nodeOther threatsAffected
  • >=20.0.0 <21.0.0
  • >=22.0.0 <23.0.0
  • >=24.0.0 <25.0.0
  • >=25.0.0 <26.0.0
Fixed in
  • 21.0.0
  • 23.0.0
  • 25.0.0
  • 26.0.0

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AI-suggested

An official security update is available from Red Hat that rebases Node.js 20 to version 20.20.2, which includes fixes for all listed vulnerabilities. Users should apply this update promptly to remediate the denial of service issues. For detailed update instructions, refer to the Red Hat advisory at https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258. No additional mitigation actions are indicated by the vendor.

Description

Node.js is a software development platform for building fast and scalable network applications in the JavaScript programming language. Security Fix(es): * minimatch: minimatch: Denial of Service via specially crafted glob patterns (CVE-2026-26996) * minimatch: Minimatch: Denial of Service via catastrophic backtracking in glob expressions (CVE-2026-27904) * nghttp2: nghttp2: Denial of Service via malformed HTTP/2 frames after session termination (CVE-2026-27135) * Node.js: Node.js: Denial of Service due to crafted HTTP `__proto__` header (CVE-2026-21710) For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

References

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