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CVE-2026-21717

nodejs / node PUBLISHED

Description (CNA)

A flaw in V8's string hashing mechanism causes integer-like strings to be hashed to their numeric value, making hash collisions trivially predictable. By crafting a request that causes many such collisions in V8's internal string table, an attacker can significantly degrade performance of the Node.js process. The most common trigger is any endpoint that calls `JSON.parse()` on attacker-controlled input, as JSON parsing automatically internalizes short strings into the affected hash table. This vulnerability affects **20.x, 22.x, 24.x, and 25.x**.

Affected (CNA)

Vendor / productVersions
nodejs / nodeaffected 20.20.1 through 20.20.1; affected 22.22.1 through 22.22.1; affected 24.14.0 through 24.14.0; affected 25.8.1 through 25.8.1; affected 4.0 before 4.*; affected 5.0 before 5.*; affected 6.0 before 6.*; affected 7.0 before 7.*; affected 8.0 before 8.*; affected 9.0 before 9.*; affected 10.0 before 10.*; affected 11.0 before 11.*; affected 12.0 before 12.*; affected 13.0 before 13.*; affected 14.0 before 14.*; affected 15.0 before 15.*; affected 16.0 before 16.*; affected 17.0 before 17.*; affected 18.0 before 18.*; affected 19.0 before 19.*

CWE

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References

ADP enrichment

CISA-ADP

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