CVE-2025-59465
A malformed HTTP/2 HEADERS frame with oversized, invalid HPACK data can cause Node.js to crash by triggering an unhandled TLSSocket error ECONNRESET. Instead of safely closing the connection, the process crashes, enabling a remote denial of service. This primarily affects applications that do not attach explicit error handlers to secure sockets, for example:
server.on('secureConnection', socket => {
socket.on('error', err => {
console.log(err)
})
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References
https://nodejs.org/en/blog/vulnerability/december-2025-security-releases
