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Vulnerability record/PUBLISHED/Published Nov 11, 2026 18:17:56 UTC

CVE-2026-123864

A re-entrancy flaw in Node.js HTTPS lets an unauthenticated client read memory belonging to other connections, including TLS private keys and other users' requests. TLSWrap::DoWrite() calls ClearOut() directly when asked to write zero bytes; if that write is issued from JavaScript running inside the HTTP parser's on_body callback, ClearOut() decrypts the next TLS record while the parser is still mid-body, re-entering llhttp_execute() and causing a use-after-free and an out-of-bounds heap read. The server then copies that freed or unrelated heap memory into the response for the request body. Triggering it requires a handler that calls res.flushHeaders() before the request body ends and later calls res.end() with a non-empty chunk, and reading the leaked memory requires any ordinary route that echoes or stores a request body. Cleartext node:http is not affected. This vulnerability affects Node.js 26.x, 24.x, and 22.x.

Base score8.1/ 10
SeverityHighCVSS 3.0

Exploitability / impact

CVSS metric breakdown

Vector-derived attributes
Base severityHigh
Attack vectorNetworkAV
Attack complexityHighAC
Privileges requiredNonePR
User interactionNoneUI
ScopeChangedS
Confidentiality impactLowC
Integrity impactLowI
Availability impactHighA
CVSS vector stringCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:H

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Record context

CVE Numbering Authorityopenjs
Last updatedNov 11, 2026 18:17:56 UTC
PublishedNov 11, 2026 18:17:56 UTC
ReservedNov 6, 2026 16:13:33 UTC

Credits

  • Chris Rohlf in collaboration with Claude and Anthropic Research
  • mcollina
  • ShogunPanda
  • pimterry
  • aduh95