CVE-2025-59466

Aliases:DEBIAN-CVE-2025-59466ALPINE-CVE-2025-59466CGA-299c-pcg7-58vhCGA-39p5-2ppc-pf4hCGA-3q25-9g5p-ch8gCGA-4xwj-9j26-j9vvCGA-5jw9-3j5p-h7fmCGA-6hgg-w5xj-m7p9CGA-7jff-vwpr-h6g5CGA-846r-9g2p-qvmqCGA-8rmv-x543-7m3hCGA-99pc-73r5-ff9rCGA-9vj3-h829-3wp4CGA-c3vm-v8fp-9gp6CGA-g7xm-qm6p-j6w4CGA-g8cg-m8hj-v9gjCGA-jv9h-jhrm-5wq7CGA-p3q2-f8rv-wx98CGA-q795-wvjq-9hqjCGA-qr8c-p4pc-j68mCGA-v3xm-w674-c9xpCGA-w8j7-x6xc-q53pCGA-wpq6-jvrx-vp4cCGA-xrfx-2658-gqx9
Advisory lineage Upstream: 0 Downstream: 32
Analyzed
Published: 20 Jan 2026, 20:41
Last modified:21 Jan 2026, 18:52

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
medium
30/100
CVSS Score
7.5 HIGH
v3.1 (nvd)
EPSS Score
0.69% LOW
1% probability +0.66%
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

20 Jan 2026, 20:41
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
21 Jan 2026, 18:52
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

Description

We have identified a bug in Node.js error handling where "Maximum call stack size exceeded" errors become uncatchable when `async_hooks.createHook()` is enabled. Instead of reaching `process.on('uncaughtException')`, the process terminates, making the crash unrecoverable. Applications that rely on `AsyncLocalStorage` (v22, v20) or `async_hooks.createHook()` (v24, v22, v20) become vulnerable to denial-of-service crashes triggered by deep recursion under specific conditions.

CVSS Metrics

  • v3.1•HIGH•Score: 7.5CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • v3.0•MEDIUM•Score: 5.9CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

EPSS Trends

Current EPSS score: 0.69%• Percentile: 51%

Techniques & Countermeasures

  • CWE-248•Uncaught Exception

    An exception is thrown from a function, but it is not caught.

Affected Systems

  • alpine•nodejs

    < 22.22.2-r0 | < 22.22.0-r0 | < 24.13.0-r0 | < 24.13.0-r0

  • chainguard•nodejs-16

    all

  • chainguard•nodejs-18

    all

  • chainguard•nodejs-20

    < 20.20.0-r0

  • chainguard•nodejs-20-doc

    < 20.20.0-r0

  • chainguard•nodejs-21

    all

  • chainguard•nodejs-22

    < 22.22.0-r0

  • chainguard•nodejs-22-doc

    < 0 | < 22.22.0-r0

  • chainguard•nodejs-23

    all

  • chainguard•nodejs-24

    < 24.13.0-r0

  • chainguard•nodejs-24-doc

    < 0 | < 24.13.0-r0

  • chainguard•nodejs-25

    < 25.3.0-r0

  • wolfi•nodejs-16

    all

  • wolfi•nodejs-18

    all

  • wolfi•nodejs-20

    < 20.20.0-r0

  • wolfi•nodejs-20-doc

    < 20.20.0-r0

  • wolfi•nodejs-21

    all

  • wolfi•nodejs-22

    < 22.22.0-r0

  • wolfi•nodejs-22-doc

    < 0 | < 22.22.0-r0

  • wolfi•nodejs-23

    all

  • wolfi•nodejs-24

    < 24.13.0-r0

  • wolfi•nodejs-24-doc

    < 0 | < 24.13.0-r0

  • wolfi•nodejs-25

    < 25.3.0-r0

  • debian•nodejs

    all | < 18.20.4+dfsg-1~deb12u2 | < 20.19.2+dfsg-1+deb13u1 | < 22.22.0+dfsg+~cs22.19.6-1

  • nodejs•node

    20.19.6 | 22.21.1 | 24.12.0 | 25.2.1 | ≥ 8.0, < 8.* | ≥ 9.0, < 9.* | ≥ 10.0, < 10.* | ≥ 11.0, < 11.* | ≥ 12.0, < 12.* | ≥ 13.0, < 13.* | ≥ 14.0, < 14.* | ≥ 15.0, < 15.* | ≥ 16.0, < 16.* | ≥ 17.0, < 17.* | ≥ 18.0, < 18.*

  • nodejs•node.js

    ≥ 20.0.0, < 20.20.0 | ≥ 22.0.0, < 22.22.0 | ≥ 24.0.0, < 24.13.0 | ≥ 25.0.0, < 25.3.0

References (5)