CVE 5.9 MEDIUM

CVE-2026-21717_CVE-2026-21717

5.9 / 10
MEDIUM
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Description

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**.

Basic Information

ID CVE-2026-21717
Source hackerone
Published Mar 30, 2026 at 19:07
Modified Mar 30, 2026 at 19:46

Affected Product

Vendor nodejs
Product node
Version 20.20.1
Affected Versions nodejs node 20.20.1
nodejs node 22.22.1
nodejs node 24.14.0
nodejs node 25.8.1
nodejs node 4.0
nodejs node 5.0
nodejs node 6.0
nodejs node 7.0
nodejs node 8.0
nodejs node 9.0
nodejs node 10.0
nodejs node 11.0
nodejs node 12.0
nodejs node 13.0
nodejs node 14.0
nodejs node 15.0
nodejs node 16.0
nodejs node 17.0
nodejs node 18.0
nodejs node 19.0

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