News from 2021
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Node v16.6.0 (Current)
Say hello to V8 9.2
The V8 engine is updated to version 9.2.230.21.
It notably introduces the new
Array.prototype.atmethod (also on Typed Arrays and strings): -
Node v14.17.4 (LTS)
- CVE-2021-22930: Use after free on close http2 on stream canceling (High)
- Node.js is vulnerable to a use after free attack where an attacker might be able to exploit the memory corruption, to change process behavior. You can read more about it in https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2021-22930
- CVE-2021-22930: Use after free on close http2 on stream canceling (High)
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Node v12.22.4 (LTS)
- CVE-2021-22930: Use after free on close http2 on stream canceling (High)
- Node.js is vulnerable to a use after free attack where an attacker might be able to exploit the memory corruption, to change process behavior. You can read more about it in https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2021-22930
- CVE-2021-22930: Use after free on close http2 on stream canceling (High)
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July 2021 Security Releases
Updates are now available for v16.x, v14.x, and v12.x Node.js release lines for the following issue.
We normally like to give advance notice and provide releases in which the only changes are security fixes, but since this vulnerability was already public we felt it was more important to get this fix out fast in releases that were already planned.
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Node v16.5.0 (Current)
Experimental Web Streams API
Node.js now exposes an experimental implementation of the Web Streams API.
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Node v16.4.2 (Current)
Node.js 16.4.1 introduced a regression in the Windows installer on non-English locales that is being fixed in this release. There is no need to download this release if you are not using the Windows installer.
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76e709ec63] - win,msi: use localized "Authenticated Users" name (Richard Lau) #39241
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Node v14.17.3 (LTS)
Node.js 14.17.2 introduced a regression in the Windows installer on non-English locales that is being fixed in this release. There is no need to download this release if you are not using the Windows installer.
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0f00104a2c] - win,msi: use localized "Authenticated Users" name (Richard Lau) #39241
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Node v12.22.3 (LTS)
Node.js 12.22.2 introduced a regression in the Windows installer on non-English locales that is being fixed in this release. There is no need to download this release if you are not using the Windows installer.
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182f86a4d4] - win,msi: use localized "Authenticated Users" name (Richard Lau) #39241
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July 2021 Security Releases
Updates are now available for v16.x, v14.x, and v12.x Node.js release lines for the following issues.
Node.js is vulnerable to out-of-bounds read in libuv's uv__idna_toascii() function which is used to convert strings to ASCII. This is called by Node's dns module's lookup() function and can lead to information disclosures or crashes.
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Node v14.17.2 (LTS)
Vulnerabilities fixed:
- CVE-2021-22918: libuv upgrade - Out of bounds read (Medium)
- Node.js is vulnerable to out-of-bounds read in libuv's uv__idna_toascii() function which is used to convert strings to ASCII. This is called by Node's dns module's lookup() function and can lead to information disclosures or crashes. You can read more about it in https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2021-22918
- CVE-2021-22921: Windows installer - Node Installer Local Privilege Escalation (Medium)
- Node.js is vulnerable to local privilege escalation attacks under certain conditions on Windows platforms. More specifically, improper configuration of permissions in the installation directory allows an attacker to perform two different escalation attacks: PATH and DLL hijacking. You can read more about it in https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2021-22921
- CVE-2021-22918: libuv upgrade - Out of bounds read (Medium)
- Node v12.22.2 (LTS)
- Node v16.4.1 (Current)
- Node v16.4.0 (Current)
- Node v14.17.1 (LTS)
- Node v16.3.0 (Current)
- Node v16.2.0 (Current)
- Node v14.17.0 (LTS)
- Node v16.1.0 (Current)
- Node v16.0.0 (Current)
- April 2021 Security Releases
- Node v15.14.0 (Current)
- Node v14.16.1 (LTS)
- Node v12.22.1 (LTS)
- Node v10.24.1 (LTS)
- Node v15.13.0 (Current)
- Node v12.22.0 (LTS)
- Node v15.12.0 (Current)
- Node v15.11.0 (Current)
- February 2021 Security Releases
- Node v14.16.0 (LTS)
- Node v12.21.0 (LTS)
- Node v15.10.0 (Current)
- Node v10.24.0 (LTS)
- Node v15.9.0 (Current)
- Node v12.20.2 (LTS)
- Node v10.23.3 (LTS)
- Node v14.15.5 (LTS)
- Node v15.8.0 (Current)
- Node v10.23.2 (LTS)
- Node v15.7.0 (Current)
- Node v15.6.0 (Current)
- January 2021 Security Releases
- Node v12.20.1 (LTS)
- Node v10.23.1 (LTS)
- Node v14.15.4 (LTS)
- Node v15.5.1 (Current)