CVE-2026-58042
Aliases:ALPINE-CVE-2026-58042UBUNTU-CVE-2026-58042DEBIAN-CVE-2026-58042CGA-6rpw-vcvw-6cghCGA-7wmp-2r95-9fj5CGA-q823-8hrw-hghqCGA-w9ch-89cj-3pmm
Advisory lineage Upstream: 0 Downstream: 19
Awaiting Analysis
Published: 04 Aug 2026, 00:49
Last modified:04 Aug 2026, 15:03
Vulnerability Summary
Overall Risk (default)
low
24/100 CVSS Score
5.9 MEDIUM
v3.0 (cve.org)
EPSS Score
0.37% LOW
0% probability 0.00%
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected
Timeline
04 Aug 2026, 00:49
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
04 Aug 2026, 15:03
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated
Description
A flaw in Node.js can cause dns.resolveAny() Aborts the Node.js Process When a DNS Response Contains More Than 256 A Records. Repeated triggering of this condition can lead to denial of service. This vulnerability affects Node.js **26.x**, **24.x**, and **22.x**.
CVSS Metrics
- 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: 0.37%• Percentile: 31%
Techniques & Countermeasures
- CWE-400•Uncontrolled Resource Consumption
The product does not properly control the allocation and maintenance of a limited resource.
Affected Systems
- alpine•nodejs
< 22.23.2-r0 | < 22.23.2-r0 | < 24.18.1-r0 | < 24.18.1-r0
- chainguard•nodejs-20
all
- chainguard•nodejs-25
all
- wolfi•nodejs-20
all
- wolfi•nodejs-25
all
- debian•nodejs
all | all | all | all | < 24.19.0+dfsg+~cs24.13.3-1
- ubuntu•nodejs
all | all | all
- nodejs•node
26.5.0 | 24.18.0 | 22.23.1
References (6)
- https://nodejs.org/en/blog/vulnerability/july-2026-security-releases
- https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2026-58042
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2026-58042
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-58042
- https://nodejs.org/en/blog/vulnerability/july-2026-security-releases#dnsresolveany-can-abort-on-dns-responses-with-many-a-records-cve-2026-58042---medium
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2026-58042