Monday, December 15, 2025 Security Releases

Summary

The Node.js project will release new versions of the 25.x, 24.x, 22.x, 20.x releases lines on or shortly after, Monday, December 15, 2025 in order to address:

• 3 high severity issues.
• 1 low severity issue.
• 1 medium severity issue.

Impact

The 25.x release line of Node.js is vulnerable to 3 high severity issues, 1 low severity issue. The 24.x release line of Node.js is vulnerable to 3 high severity issues, 1 low severity issue, 1 medium severity issue. The 22.x release line of Node.js is vulnerable to 3 high severity issues, 1 low severity issue, 1 medium severity issue. The 20.x release line of Node.js is vulnerable to 3 high severity issues, 1 low severity issue, 1 medium severity issue.

It's important to note that End-of-Life versions are always affected when a security release occurs. To ensure your system's security, please use an up-to-date version as outlined in our Release Schedule.

Release timing

Releases will be available on, or shortly after, Monday, December 15, 2025.

Contact and future updates

The current Node.js security policy can be found at https://nodejs.org/en/security/. Please follow the process outlined in https://github.com/nodejs/node/blob/master/SECURITY.md if you wish to report a vulnerability in Node.js.

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