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Node.js HTTP/2 client unbounded memory growth via ORIGIN frames

IdentifiersCVE-2026-48619CWE-770

CVE-2026-48619 is a medium-severity vulnerability in the Node.js HTTP/2 client implementation (node:http2). A malicious or attacker-controlled HTTP/2 server can send an unlimited number of ORIGIN frames to a connecting Node.js HTTP/2 client. The client does not adequately bound memory consumption while processing and retaining attacker-controlled ORIGIN frame data, resulting in unbounded memory growth. This can ultimately trigger an out-of-memory condition and crash the client process.

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Successful exploitation can exhaust memory in a vulnerable Node.js client process, leading to severe resource exhaustion and denial of service. In practice, a malicious server that a Node.js HTTP/2 client connects to can force the client into unbounded memory growth until the process becomes unstable or terminates with an out-of-memory crash.

Mitigation

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Until upgrades can be applied, reduce exposure by avoiding connections from Node.js HTTP/2 clients to untrusted or attacker-controlled HTTP/2 servers, disabling or limiting use of HTTP/2 where operationally feasible, and enforcing process-level memory limits and monitoring to reduce blast radius from memory exhaustion. These are compensating controls only; patching is the definitive fix.

Remediation

Patch, then assume compromise.

Upgrade Node.js to a fixed supported release. The provided content identifies fixed versions as v22.23.0, v24.17.0, and v26.3.1 in the June 18, 2026 security release. The content also references later patched versions v22.23.1, v24.17.1, and v26.3.2 in subsequent reporting. Use the latest available patched release in the affected major line and avoid unsupported end-of-life versions.
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