MEDIUM 5.3 Microsoft
CVE-2026-21714
A memory leak occurs in Node.js HTTP/2 servers when a client sends WINDOW_UPDATE frames on stream 0 (connection-level) that cause the flow control window to exceed the maximum value of 2³¹-1. The server correctly sends a GOAWAY frame, but the Http2Session object is never cleaned up. This vulnerability affects HTTP2 users on Node.js 20, 22, 24 and 25.
Microsoft Security Update 2026-Mar: A memory leak occurs in Node.js HTTP/2 servers when a client sends WINDOW_UPDATE frames on stream 0 (connection-level) that cause the flow control window to exceed the maximum value of 2³¹-1. The server correctly sends a GOAWAY frame, but the Http2Session object is never cleaned up.
This vulnerability affects HTTP2 users on Node.js 20, 22, 24 and 25.
Affected Products
- azl3 nodejs24 24.13.0-3 on Azure Linux 3.0
- azl3 nodejs 20.14.0-14 on Azure Linux 3.0
References
- https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-21714
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-21714
This medium severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.3 was published on 2026-03-10 via Microsoft. Affected: azl3 nodejs24 24.13.0-3 on Azure Linux 3.0, azl3 nodejs 20.14.0-14 on Azure Linux 3.0.
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