CriticalFix available
node — security advisory
Node.js before 16.6.0, 14.17.4, and 12.22.4 is vulnerable to a use after free attack where an attacker might be able to exploit the memory corruption, to change process behavior.
- Products
- node
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- 12.22.4, 14.17.4, 16.6.0
- CVEs
- CVE-2021-22930
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 30 Oct 2026, 19:55 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
Node.js before 16.6.0, 14.17.4, and 12.22.4 is vulnerable to a use after free attack where an attacker might be able to exploit the memory corruption, to change process behavior.
osv:BIT-node-2021-22930
node
Fixed versions: 12.22.4, 14.17.4, 16.6.0
Complete source record
{
"id": "5f16f6d8eab95cc2878ee90a9795cba27b8aed84b78d56c420f2f21981dbcae8",
"url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/BIT-node-2021-22930",
"method": "structured",
"payload": {
"kind": "advisory",
"title": "BIT-node-2021-22930",
"summary": "Node.js before 16.6.0, 14.17.4, and 12.22.4 is vulnerable to a use after free attack where an attacker might be able to exploit the memory corruption, to change process behavior.",
"evidence": "osv:BIT-node-2021-22930",
"products": [
{
"name": {
"value": "node",
"evidence": "/affected/0/package/name"
},
"prerequisites": [],
"fixed_versions": [
{
"value": "12.22.4",
"evidence": "/affected/0/ranges"
},
{
"value": "14.17.4",
"evidence": "/affected/0/ranges"
},
{
"value": "16.6.0",
"evidence": "/affected/0/ranges"
}
],
"affected_versions": []
}
],
"severity": "critical",
"structured": {
"id": "BIT-node-2021-22930",
"aliases": [
"BIT-node-2021-22930",
"BIT-node-min-2021-22930",
"CVE-2021-22930"
],
"affected": [
{
"ranges": [
{
"type": "SEMVER",
"events": [
{
"introduced": "12.0.0"
},
{
"fixed": "12.22.4"
},
{
"introduced": "14.0.0"
},
{
"fixed": "14.17.4"
},
{
"introduced": "16.0.0"
},
{
"fixed": "16.6.0"
}
]
}
],
"package": {
"name": "node",
"purl": "pkg:bitnami/node",
"ecosystem": "Bitnami"
},
"severity": [
{
"type": "CVSS_V3",
"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"
}
],
"database_specific": {
"source": "https://github.com/bitnami/vulndb/tree/main/data/node/BIT-node-2021-22930.json"
}
}
],
"modified": "2026-10-16T09:45:31.654268050Z",
"provider": "osv",
"references": [
"https://hackerone.com/reports/1238162",
"https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/10/msg00006.html",
"https://nodejs.org/en/blog/vulnerability/july-2021-security-releases-2/",
"https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202401-02",
"https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20211112-0002/",
"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-22930"
],
"provider_metadata": {
"cpes": [
"cpe:2.3:a:nodejs:node.js:*:*:*:*:-:*:*:*",
"cpe:2.3:a:nodejs:node.js:*:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*"
],
"severity": "Critical"
}
},
"related_cves": [
{
"value": "CVE-2021-22930",
"evidence": "/aliases"
}
],
"security_relevant": true,
"severity_evidence": "/database_specific/severity"
},
"source_id": "core-osv",
"document_id": 338491,
"published_at": "2024-03-06T11:06:34.986+00:00"
}