CVE-2026-21712 (GCVE-0-2026-21712)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2026-03-30 15:13
Modified
2026-03-30 15:52
Severity ?
5.7 (Medium) - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Summary
A flaw in Node.js URL processing causes an assertion failure in native code when `url.format()` is called with a malformed internationalized domain name (IDN) containing invalid characters, crashing the Node.js process.
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nodejs node Version: 24.14.0   ≤ 24.14.0
Version: 25.8.1   ≤ 25.8.1
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