CVE-2025-23166

Description

The C++ method SignTraits::DeriveBits() may incorrectly call ThrowException() based on user-supplied inputs when executing in a background thread, crashing the Node.js process. Such cryptographic operations are commonly applied to untrusted inputs. Thus, this mechanism potentially allows an adversary to remotely crash a Node.js runtime.

Reserved 2025-01-12 | Published 2025-05-19 | Updated 2025-05-28 | Assigner hackerone

Product status

Default status
unaffected

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.*
affected

20.0
affected

22.0
affected

23.0
affected

24.0
affected

21.0 before 21.*
affected

References

nodejs.org/en/blog/vulnerability/may-2025-security-releases

cve.org (CVE-2025-23166)

nvd.nist.gov (CVE-2025-23166)

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