CVE-2025-59466 (GCVE-0-2025-59466)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2026-01-20 20:41
Modified
2026-01-21 18:52
Severity ?
5.9 (Medium) - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Summary
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.
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Impacted products
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nodejs node Version: 20.19.6   ≤ 20.19.6
Version: 22.21.1   ≤ 22.21.1
Version: 24.12.0   ≤ 24.12.0
Version: 25.2.1   ≤ 25.2.1
Version: 8.0   ≤
Version: 9.0   ≤
Version: 10.0   ≤
Version: 11.0   ≤
Version: 12.0   ≤
Version: 13.0   ≤
Version: 14.0   ≤
Version: 15.0   ≤
Version: 16.0   ≤
Version: 17.0   ≤
Version: 18.0   ≤
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