CVE-2026-126051
Publication date 12 November 2026
Last updated 13 November 2026
Ubuntu priority
Description
A deferred-callback use-after-destroy in Node.js TLS server handshake handling allows a remote, unauthenticated attacker to terminate the server process. When a TLS server uses any of the SNICallback, OCSPRequest, newSession, or resumeSession hooks, or server.addContext(), the corresponding OpenSSL callbacks are deferred, and the deferred code does not handle the underlying socket being destroyed between scheduling and execution. By sending a client hello that reaches the vulnerable path (for example, no SNI together with an OCSP request) followed by padding and a socket FIN, an attacker makes OpenSSL deliver the client hello and the end-of-file in the same tick, so the socket is destroyed before the deferred callback runs and the process raises an uncaught exception instead of emitting an 'error' event. This vulnerability affects Node.js 26.x and 24.x.
Status
| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
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| nodejs | 26.10 stonking |
Needs evaluation
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| 26.04 LTS resolute |
Needs evaluation
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| 24.04 LTS noble |
Needs evaluation
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| 22.04 LTS jammy |
Needs evaluation
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| 20.04 LTS focal |
Needs evaluation
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| 18.04 LTS bionic |
Needs evaluation
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| 16.04 LTS xenial |
Needs evaluation
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| 14.04 LTS trusty |
Needs evaluation
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Severity score breakdown
CVSS version: CVSS v3.0
Base score
7.5 · High
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
References
Other references
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-126051
- https://nodejs.org/en/blog/vulnerability/november-2026-security-releases#nodejs-is-vulnerable-to-a-remotely-triggerable-uncaught-exception-in-tls-servers-via-deferred-handshake-callbacks-cve-2026-126051---high
- https://cna.openjsf.org/security-advisories.html
- https://nodejs.org/en/blog/vulnerability/november-2026-security-releases