NODEJS-22.23.5 release notes and known issues

Summary

This is a security release. Notable Changes ( CVE-2026-123863 ) http2: release headers when a stream is removed (Matteo Collina) – High ( CVE-2026-123864 ) tls,http: prevent nested parser execution from empty writes (Matteo Collina) – High ( CVE-2026-123865 ) http2: detect streams abandoned by nghttp2 (Matteo Collina) – High ( CVE-2026-123866 ) http2: retain buffers until socket writes finish (Matteo Collina) – High ( CVE-2026-123872 ) tls: disable resumption for mTLS with no session id context (Tim Perry) – High ( CVE-2026-123872 ) tls: don't allow renegotiation or HRR to change SNI (Tim Perry) – High ( CVE-2026-123872 ) tls: don't allow TLS resumption to change SNI (Tim Perry) – High ( CVE-2026-123874 ) http2: retain streams during pending writes (Matteo Collina) – High ( CVE-2026-123828 ) http2: avoid overflowing ALTSVC buffers (Matteo Collina) – Medium ( CVE-2026-123867 ) tls: apply the CA of SNI contexts without a certificate (Matteo Collina) – Medium ( CVE-2026-123868 ) http2: charge inbound DATA retained by streams to maxSessionMemory (Matteo Collina) – Medium ( CVE-2026-123871 ) http: redact proxy credentials in invalid proxy URL errors (Matteo Collina) – Medium ( CVE-2026-123875 ) http2: guard against null write request on cancelled stream (Matteo Collina) – Medium ( CVE-2026-123877 ) https: isolate Agent TLS policy keys (Matteo Collina) – Medium ( CVE-2026-123829 ) permission: do not leak denied descendants in recursive fs.watch (RafaelGSS) – Low ( CVE-2026-123862 ) zlib: handle params callback after destroy (Matteo Collina) – Low (CVE-2026-123873) permission: check heap snapshot destination (RafaelGSS) – Low deps: update llhttp to 9.4.4 (Antoine du Hamel) deps: update sqlite to 3.54.1 (Node.js GitHub Bot) Commits [ 554fff40f0 ] - deps : update llhttp to 9.4.4 (Antoine du Hamel) nodejs-private/node-private#1038 [ 6577cbf231 ] - deps : update sqlite to 3.54.1 (Node.js GitHub Bot) #66816 [ 61d93c6086 ] - deps : update sqlite to 3.54.0 (Node.js GitHub Bot) #66663 [ cd18f6bdff ] - http : redact proxy credentials in invalid proxy URL errors (Matteo Collina) nodejs-private/node-private#1001 [ 6cd7e80d68 ] - http2 : retain buffers until socket writes finish (Matteo Collina) nodejs-private/node-private#1017 [ 9bce421783 ] - http2 : release headers when a stream is removed (Matteo Collina) nodejs-private/node-private#1026 [ 30fd852c0d ] - http2 : detect streams abandoned by nghttp2 (Matteo Collina) #66641 [ 21fb5d0348 ] - http2 : guard against null write request on cancelled stream (Matteo Collina) #67252 [ af6fbb6564 ] - https : isolate Agent TLS policy keys (Matteo Collina) nodejs-private/node-private#1036 [ 5c9eed3b1e ] - permission : do not leak denied descendants in recursive fs.watch (RafaelGSS) nodejs-private/node-private#967 [ 5e497aec89 ] - src : fix the fs permission tree node on wildcard nodes (James M Snell) nodejs-private/node-private#986 [ 06af164d09 ] - tls : disable resumption for mTLS with no session id context (Tim Perry) nodejs-private/node-private#1030 [ 209c7e4d83 ] - tls : don't allow renegotiation or HRR to change SNI (Tim Perry) nodejs-private/node-private#1030 [ 05e452f075 ] - tls : don't allow TLS resumption to change SNI (Tim Perry) nodejs-private/node-private#1030 [ 67da864a89 ] - tls : apply the CA of SNI contexts without a certificate (Matteo Collina) nodejs-private/node-private#1020 [ c841c6c7f1 ] - tls,http : prevent nested parser execution from empty writes (Matteo Collina) nodejs-private/node-private#1021 [ ea159e84dd ] - zlib : handle params callback after destroy (Matteo Collina) nodejs-private/node-private#1037

Improvements and security content

• This is a security release. Notable Changes ( CVE-2026-123863 ) http2: release headers when a stream is removed (Matteo Collina) – High ( CVE-2026-123864 ) tls,http: prevent nested parser execution from empty writes (Matteo Collina) – High ( CVE-2026-123865 ) http2: detect streams abandoned by nghttp2 (Matteo Collina) – High ( CVE-2026-123866 ) http2: retain buffers until socket writes finish (Matteo Collina) – High ( CVE-2026-123872 ) tls: disable resumption for mTLS with no session id context (Tim Perry) – High ( CVE-2026-123872 ) tls: don't allow renegotiation or HRR to change SNI (Tim Perry) – High ( CVE-2026-123872 ) tls: don't allow TLS resumption to change SNI (Tim Perry) – High ( CVE-2026-123874 ) http2: retain streams during pending writes (Matteo Collina) – High ( CVE-2026-123828 ) http2: avoid overflowing ALTSVC buffers (Matteo Collina) – Medium ( CVE-2026-123867 ) tls: apply the CA of SNI contexts without a certificate (Matteo Collina) – Medium ( CVE-2026-123868 ) http2: charge inbound DATA retained by streams to maxSessionMemory (Matteo Collina) – Medium ( CVE-2026-123871 ) http: redact proxy credentials in invalid proxy URL errors (Matteo Collina) – Medium ( CVE-2026-123875 ) http2: guard against null write request on cancelled stream (Matteo Collina) – Medium ( CVE-2026-123877 ) https: isolate Agent TLS policy keys (Matteo Collina) – Medium ( CVE-2026-123829 ) permission: do not leak denied descendants in recursive fs.watch (RafaelGSS) – Low ( CVE-2026-123862 ) zlib: handle params callback after destroy (Matteo Collina) – Low (CVE-2026-123873) permission: check heap snapshot destination (RafaelGSS) – Low deps: update llhttp to 9.4.4 (Antoine du Hamel) deps: update sqlite to 3.54.1 (Node.js GitHub Bot) Commits [ 554fff40f0 ] - deps : update llhttp to 9.4.4 (Antoine du Hamel) nodejs-private/node-private#1038 [ 6577cbf231 ] - deps : update sqlite to 3.54.1 (Node.js GitHub Bot) #66816 [ 61d93c6086 ] - deps : update sqlite to 3.54.0 (Node.js GitHub Bot) #66663 [ cd18f6bdff ] - http : redact proxy credentials in invalid proxy URL errors (Matteo Collina) nodejs-private/node-private#1001 [ 6cd7e80d68 ] - http2 : retain buffers until socket writes finish (Matteo Collina) nodejs-private/node-private#1017 [ 9bce421783 ] - http2 : release headers when a stream is removed (Matteo Collina) nodejs-private/node-private#1026 [ 30fd852c0d ] - http2 : detect streams abandoned by nghttp2 (Matteo Collina) #66641 [ 21fb5d0348 ] - http2 : guard against null write request on cancelled stream (Matteo Collina) #67252 [ af6fbb6564 ] - https : isolate Agent TLS policy keys (Matteo Collina) nodejs-private/node-private#1036 [ 5c9eed3b1e ] - permission : do not leak denied descendants in recursive fs.watch (RafaelGSS) nodejs-private/node-private#967 [ 5e497aec89 ] - src : fix the fs permission tree node on wildcard nodes (James M Snell) nodejs-private/node-private#986 [ 06af164d09 ] - tls : disable resumption for mTLS with no session id context (Tim Perry) nodejs-private/node-private#1030 [ 209c7e4d83 ] - tls : don't allow renegotiation or HRR to change SNI (Tim Perry) nodejs-private/node-private#1030 [ 05e452f075 ] - tls : don't allow TLS resumption to change SNI (Tim Perry) nodejs-private/node-private#1030 [ 67da864a89 ] - tls : apply the CA of SNI contexts without a certificate (Matteo Collina) nodejs-private/node-private#1020 [ c841c6c7f1 ] - tls,http : prevent nested parser execution from empty writes (Matteo Collina) nodejs-private/node-private#1021 [ ea159e84dd ] - zlib : handle params callback after destroy (Matteo Collina) nodejs-private/node-private#1037

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