CVE 6.5 MEDIUM

CVE-2025-59464_CVE-2025-59464

6.5 / 10
MEDIUM
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

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.

Basic Information

ID CVE-2025-59464
Source hackerone
Published Jan 20, 2026 at 20:41

Affected Product

Vendor nodejs
Product node
Version 24.12.0
Affected Versions nodejs node 24.12.0

References

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