Medium severity5.9NVD Advisory· Published Mar 30, 2026· Updated Aug 19, 2026
CVE-2026-21717
CVE-2026-21717
Description
A flaw in V8's string hashing mechanism causes integer-like strings to be hashed to their numeric value, making hash collisions trivially predictable. By crafting a request that causes many such collisions in V8's internal string table, an attacker can significantly degrade performance of the Node.js process.
The most common trigger is any endpoint that calls JSON.parse() on attacker-controlled input, as JSON parsing automatically internalizes short strings into the affected hash table.
This vulnerability affects 20.x, 22.x, 24.x, and 25.x.
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Affected products
37- osv-coords36 versionspkg:rpm/almalinux/nodejs-docspkg:apk/chainguard/nodejs-22pkg:rpm/almalinux/nodejs24pkg:rpm/almalinux/nodejs24-develpkg:rpm/almalinux/nodejs24-full-i18npkg:rpm/almalinux/nodejs24-libspkg:rpm/almalinux/nodejs-packaging-bundlerpkg:rpm/almalinux/nodejs-full-i18npkg:rpm/almalinux/nodejs-libspkg:rpm/almalinux/nodejs-packagingpkg:apk/wolfi/nodejs-22pkg:rpm/opensuse/nodejs22&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2016.0pkg:rpm/suse/nodejs22&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Web%20and%20Scripting%2015%20SP7pkg:rpm/suse/nodejs22&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2015%20SP6-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/nodejs22&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2015%20SP6pkg:rpm/suse/nodejs24&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2016.0pkg:rpm/suse/nodejs24&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20applications%2016.0pkg:rpm/suse/nodejs24&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Web%20and%20Scripting%2015%20SP7pkg:rpm/suse/nodejs20&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20High%20Performance%20Computing%2015%20SP5-ESPOSpkg:rpm/suse/nodejs20&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20High%20Performance%20Computing%2015%20SP5-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/nodejs20&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2015%20SP6-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/nodejs20&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2015%20SP6pkg:rpm/suse/nodejs20&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2015%20SP5-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/nodejs20&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2015%20SP5pkg:rpm/almalinux/nodejs-nodemonpkg:rpm/almalinux/npmpkg:bitnami/nodepkg:rpm/almalinux/nodejs24-docspkg:rpm/opensuse/nodejs26&distro=openSUSE%20Tumbleweedpkg:rpm/opensuse/nodejs24&distro=openSUSE%20Tumbleweedpkg:rpm/almalinux/nodejs-develpkg:rpm/almalinux/nodejspkg:rpm/opensuse/nodejs24&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2016.0pkg:rpm/almalinux/v8-13.6-develpkg:bitnami/node-minpkg:rpm/almalinux/nodejs24-npm
< 1:24.14.1-2.module_el9.7.0+222+ef1c61e1+ 35 more
- (no CPE)range: < 1:24.14.1-2.module_el9.7.0+222+ef1c61e1
- (no CPE)range: < 22.22.3-r0
- (no CPE)range: < 1:24.14.1-2.el10_1
- (no CPE)range: < 1:24.14.1-2.el10_1
- (no CPE)range: < 1:24.14.1-2.el10_1
- (no CPE)range: < 1:24.14.1-2.el10_1
- (no CPE)range: < 2021.06-6.module_el9.7.0+198+8bf605ba
- (no CPE)range: < 1:24.14.1-2.module_el9.7.0+222+ef1c61e1
- (no CPE)range: < 1:24.14.1-2.module_el9.7.0+222+ef1c61e1
- (no CPE)range: < 2021.06-6.module_el9.7.0+209+ecf6523e
- (no CPE)range: < 22.22.3-r0
- (no CPE)range: < 22.23.0-160000.1.1
- (no CPE)range: < 22.22.2-150700.3.9.1
- (no CPE)range: < 22.22.2-150600.13.15.1
- (no CPE)range: < 22.22.2-150600.13.15.1
- (no CPE)range: < 24.14.1-160000.1.1
- (no CPE)range: < 24.14.1-160000.1.1
- (no CPE)range: < 24.14.1-150700.15.8.1
- (no CPE)range: < 20.20.2-150500.11.27.1
- (no CPE)range: < 20.20.2-150500.11.27.1
- (no CPE)range: < 20.20.2-150600.3.18.1
- (no CPE)range: < 20.20.2-150600.3.18.1
- (no CPE)range: < 20.20.2-150500.11.27.1
- (no CPE)range: < 20.20.2-150500.11.27.1
- (no CPE)range: < 3.0.3-3.module_el9.7.0+209+ecf6523e
- (no CPE)range: < 1:11.11.0-1.24.14.1.2.module_el9.7.0+222+ef1c61e1
- (no CPE)range: < 20.20.2
- (no CPE)range: < 1:24.14.1-2.el10_1
- (no CPE)range: < 26.3.1-1.1
- (no CPE)range: < 24.14.1-1.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1:24.14.1-2.module_el9.7.0+222+ef1c61e1
- (no CPE)range: < 1:24.14.1-2.module_el9.7.0+222+ef1c61e1
- (no CPE)range: < 24.14.1-160000.1.1
- (no CPE)range: < 3:13.6.233.17-1.24.14.1.2.module_el9.7.0+222+ef1c61e1
- (no CPE)range: < 20.20.2
- (no CPE)range: < 1:11.11.0-1.24.14.1.2.el10_1
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
1- nodejs.org/en/blog/vulnerability/march-2026-security-releasesnvdVendor Advisory
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