Vulnerability · Published Oct 23, 2026 · Assigned by hackerone
CVE-2026-105481
Medium 6.5
In plain English
A medium-severity security flaw in node from nodejs. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.3% (higher than 25% of all known vulnerabilities). Ready-made attack tooling exists: public proof-of-concept code. Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.
Official description
A flaw in Node.js HTTP Agent connection reuse can cause a client to accept as valid a response that was sent before the client has sent the request. This is an incomplete fix of CVE-2026-48931. The guard that destroys idle keep-alive sockets when unexpected data arrives only runs when the event loop polls for I/O. If an unsolicited response has already reached the socket but has not been read yet when the socket is handed to a new request, for example because the event loop was busy with synchronous work, the guard is removed without seeing it and the data is parsed as the response to the new request. This vulnerability affects Node.js **26.x**, **24.x**, and **22.x**.
Affected packages & fixed versions
| Ecosystem | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| AlmaLinux:8 | nodejs | 1:24.22.1-1.module_el8.10.0+4331+0683c9c1 | ALSA-2026:92376 |
| AlmaLinux:9 | nodejs | 1:24.22.1-3.module_el9.8.0+333+788f3075 | ALSA-2026:92378 |
| AlmaLinux:8 | nodejs-devel | 1:24.22.1-1.module_el8.10.0+4331+0683c9c1 | ALSA-2026:92376 |
| AlmaLinux:9 | nodejs-devel | 1:24.22.1-3.module_el9.8.0+333+788f3075 | ALSA-2026:92378 |
| AlmaLinux:8 | nodejs-docs | 1:24.22.1-1.module_el8.10.0+4331+0683c9c1 | ALSA-2026:92376 |
| AlmaLinux:9 | nodejs-docs | 1:24.22.1-3.module_el9.8.0+333+788f3075 | ALSA-2026:92378 |
| AlmaLinux:8 | nodejs-full-i18n | 1:24.22.1-1.module_el8.10.0+4331+0683c9c1 | ALSA-2026:92376 |
| AlmaLinux:9 | nodejs-full-i18n | 1:24.22.1-3.module_el9.8.0+333+788f3075 | ALSA-2026:92378 |
| AlmaLinux:8 | nodejs-libs | 1:24.22.1-1.module_el8.10.0+4331+0683c9c1 | ALSA-2026:92376 |
| AlmaLinux:9 | nodejs-libs | 1:24.22.1-3.module_el9.8.0+333+788f3075 | ALSA-2026:92378 |
| AlmaLinux:8 | nodejs-nodemon | 3.1.14-2.module_el8.10.0+4250+09238ed4 | ALSA-2026:92376 |
| AlmaLinux:9 | nodejs-nodemon | 3.1.14-3.module_el9.8.0+292+f4eaf8b2 | ALSA-2026:92378 |
| AlmaLinux:8 | nodejs-packaging | 2021.06-6.module_el8.10.0+4086+70facd4a | ALSA-2026:92376 |
| AlmaLinux:9 | nodejs-packaging | 2021.06-6.module_el9.7.0+209+ecf6523e | ALSA-2026:92378 |
| AlmaLinux:8 | nodejs-packaging-bundler | 2021.06-6.module_el8.10.0+4086+70facd4a | ALSA-2026:92376 |
| AlmaLinux:9 | nodejs-packaging-bundler | 2021.06-6.module_el9.7.0+209+ecf6523e | ALSA-2026:92378 |
| AlmaLinux:8 | npm | 1:11.19.1-1.24.22.1.1.module_el8.10.0+4331+0683c9c1 | ALSA-2026:92376 |
| AlmaLinux:9 | npm | 1:11.19.1-1.24.22.1.3.module_el9.8.0+333+788f3075 | ALSA-2026:92378 |
| AlmaLinux:8 | v8-13.6-devel | 3:13.6.233.17-1.24.22.1.1.module_el8.10.0+4331+0683c9c1 | ALSA-2026:92376 |
| AlmaLinux:9 | v8-13.6-devel | 3:13.6.233.17-1.24.22.1.3.module_el9.8.0+333+788f3075 | ALSA-2026:92378 |
| Alpine:v3.21 | nodejs | 22.23.4-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2026-105481 |
| Alpine:v3.22 | nodejs | 22.23.4-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2026-105481 |
| Alpine:v3.23 | nodejs | 24.22.1-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2026-105481 |
| Alpine:v3.24 | nodejs | 24.22.1-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2026-105481 |
| Alpine:v3.24 | nodejs-current | 26.12.1-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2026-105481 |
| Debian:12 | nodejs | no fix listed | DEBIAN-CVE-2026-105481 |
| Debian:13 | nodejs | no fix listed | DEBIAN-CVE-2026-105481 |
| Debian:14 | nodejs | no fix listed | DEBIAN-CVE-2026-105481 |
| Rocky Linux:9 | nodejs | 1:24.22.1-3.module+el9.8.0+40401+e24b8c95 | RLSA-2026:92378 |
| Rocky Linux:8 | nodejs-nodemon | 0:3.1.14-2.module+el8.10.0+40277+b1b3f89e | RLSA-2026:92376 |
| Rocky Linux:8 | nodejs-nodemon | 0:3.1.14-2.module+el8.10.0+40278+50b003a3 | RLSA-2026:92376 |
| Rocky Linux:9 | nodejs-nodemon | 0:3.1.14-3.module+el9.8.0+40281+14cc6568 | RLSA-2026:92378 |
| Rocky Linux:8 | nodejs-packaging | 0:2021.06-6.module+el8.10.0+40048+6d99f608 | RLSA-2026:92376 |
| Rocky Linux:8 | nodejs-packaging | 0:2021.06-6.module+el8.10.0+40172+38f6fdd1 | RLSA-2026:92376 |
| Rocky Linux:8 | nodejs-packaging | 0:2021.06-6.module+el8.10.0+40171+8fa9c325 | RLSA-2026:92376 |
| Rocky Linux:9 | nodejs-packaging | 0:2021.06-6.module+el9.7.0+40165+d075e3f2 | RLSA-2026:92378 |
| Rocky Linux:9 | nodejs-packaging | 0:2021.06-6.module+el9.7.0+40052+e32ea525 | RLSA-2026:92378 |
| Rocky Linux:9 | nodejs-packaging | 0:2021.06-6.module+el9.8.0+40164+8921ab53 | RLSA-2026:92378 |
| Rocky Linux:9 | nodejs-packaging | 0:2021.06-6.module+el9.7.0+40153+4d595597 | RLSA-2026:92378 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | nodejs | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2026-105481 |
| Ubuntu:26.04:LTS | nodejs | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2026-105481 |
| Ubuntu:26.10 | nodejs | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2026-105481 |
Affected products (as reported)
Weakness: CWE-367 · Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:N