CVE-2026-21714

Summary

A memory leak occurs in Node.js HTTP/2 servers when a client sends WINDOW_UPDATE frames on stream 0 (connection-level) that cause the flow control window to exceed the maximum value of 2³¹-1. The server correctly sends a GOAWAY frame, but the Http2Session object is never cleaned up.

This vulnerability affects HTTP2 users on Node.js 20, 22, 24 and 25.

Affected Software

VendorProductVersion RangeStatus
nodejsnode20.20.1 <= 20.20.1affected
nodejsnode22.22.1 <= 22.22.1affected
nodejsnode24.14.0 <= 24.14.0affected
nodejsnode25.8.1 <= 25.8.1affected

Weaknesses

ADP Enrichment

CISA ADP Vulnrichment

  • SSVC:
  • Exploitation: none
    • Automatable: yes
    • Technical Impact: partial

References