CVE-2025-23166

Description

The C++ method SignTraits::DeriveBits() may incorrectly call ThrowException() based on user-supplied inputs when executing in a background thread, crashing the Node.js process. Such cryptographic operations are commonly applied to untrusted inputs. Thus, this mechanism potentially allows an adversary to remotely crash a Node.js runtime.

How to fix CVE-2025-23166

To remediate CVE-2025-23166, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.

• —upgrade to 22.15.1-r0 or later
• —upgrade to 20.19.2 or later
• —upgrade to 20.19.2 or later
• —upgrade to 18.20.4+dfsg-1~deb12u2 or later

Is CVE-2025-23166 being exploited?

Low — EPSS is 0.3%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.

Affected packages (4)

• from 0, < 22.15.1-r0
• from 0, < 20.19.2, >= 21.0.0, < 22.15.1, >= 23.0.0, < 24.0.2
• from 0, < 20.19.2, >= 21.0.0, < 22.15.1, >= 23.0.0, < 24.0.2
• from 0, < 18.20.4+dfsg-1~deb12u2

CVSS scores

References (4)

• ADVISORYsecurity.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2025-23166
• ADVISORYsecurity-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2025-23166
• WEBnodejs.org/en/blog/vulnerability/may-2025-security-releases
• WEBnvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-23166