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v22.22.2

nodejs/nodev22.22.2Mar 24, 2026by RafaelGSS

AI Summary

A security release for the LTS 'Jod' branch mirroring the fixes provided in v25.8.2.

Key Highlights

  • Security fixes for TLS SNICallback and HTTP headers (CVE-2026-21637, CVE-2026-21710).
  • Security fixes for Web Cryptography and NGHTTP2 error handling (CVE-2026-21713, CVE-2026-21714).
  • Security fixes for URL handling and permission checks (CVE-2026-21712, CVE-2026-21715, CVE-2026-21716).
  • Security fix for array index hash collision (CVE-2026-21717).

Full Release Notes




This is a security release.

### Notable Changes

* (CVE-2026-21637) wrap `SNICallback` invocation in `try`/`catch` (Matteo Collina) - High
* (CVE-2026-21710) use null prototype for `headersDistinct`/`trailersDistinct` (Matteo Collina) - High
* (CVE-2026-21713) use timing-safe comparison in Web Cryptography HMAC (Filip Skokan) - Medium
* (CVE-2026-21714) handle `NGHTTP2_ERR_FLOW_CONTROL` error code (RafaelGSS) - Medium
* (CVE-2026-21717) test array index hash collision (Joyee Cheung) - Medium
* (CVE-2026-21715) add permission check to `realpath.native` (RafaelGSS) - Low
* (CVE-2026-21716) include permission check on `lib/fs/promises` (RafaelGSS) - Low

### Commits

* \[[`6f14ee5101`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/6f14ee5101)] - **(CVE-2026-21717)** **build,test**: test array index hash collision (Joyee Cheung) [nodejs-private/node-private#809](https://github.com/nodejs-private/node-private/pull/809)
* \[[`52a52ef619`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/52a52ef619)] - **(CVE-2026-21713)** **crypto**: use timing-safe comparison in Web Cryptography HMAC (Filip Skokan) [nodejs-private/node-private#822](https://github.com/nodejs-private/node-private/pull/822)
* \[[`30a3ab11e2`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/30a3ab11e2)] - **(CVE-2026-21717)** **deps**: V8: cherry-pick aac14dd95e5b (Joyee Cheung) [nodejs-private/node-private#809](https://github.com/nodejs-private/node-private/pull/809)
* \[[`e3f4d6a42e`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/e3f4d6a42e)] - **(CVE-2026-21717)** **deps**: V8: backport 1361b2a49d02 (Joyee Cheung) [nodejs-private/node-private#809](https://github.com/nodejs-private/node-private/pull/809)
* \[[`7dc00fa5f4`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/7dc00fa5f4)] - **(CVE-2026-21717)** **deps**: V8: backport 185f0fe09b72 (Joyee Cheung) [nodejs-private/node-private#809](https://github.com/nodejs-private/node-private/pull/809)
* \[[`076acd052d`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/076acd052d)] - **(CVE-2026-21717)** **deps**: V8: backport 0a8b1cdcc8b2 (snek) [nodejs-private/node-private#809](https://github.com/nodejs-private/node-private/pull/809)
* \[[`963c60a951`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/963c60a951)] - **deps**: V8: override `depot_tools` version (Richard Lau) [#62344](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/62344)
* \[[`a688117d5d`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/a688117d5d)] - **deps**: upgrade npm to 10.9.7 (npm team) [#62330](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/62330)
* \[[`859c8c761b`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/859c8c761b)] - **deps**: update undici to v6.24.1 (Matteo Collina) [#62285](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/62285)
* \[[`d5ed384a2f`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/d5ed384a2f)] - **deps**: upgrade npm to 10.9.6 (npm team) [#62215](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/62215)
* \[[`a2fe9fd81a`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/a2fe9fd81a)] - **(CVE-2026-21710)** **http**: use null prototype for headersDistinct/trailersDistinct (Matteo Collina) [nodejs-private/node-private#821](https://github.com/nodejs-private/node-private/pull/821)
* \[[`73deff77c1`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/73deff77c1)] - **lib**: backport `_tls_common` and `_tls_wrap` refactors (Dario Piotrowicz) [#57643](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/57643)
* \[[`06fc3436f6`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/06fc3436f6)] - **(CVE-2026-21716)** **permission**: include permission check on lib/fs/promises (RafaelGSS) [nodejs-private/node-private#795](https://github.com/nodejs-private/node-private/pull/795)
* \[[`db48d9c675`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/db48d9c675)] - **(CVE-2026-21715)** **permission**: add permission check to realpath.native (RafaelGSS) [nodejs-private/node-private#794](https://github.com/nodejs-private/node-private/pull/794)
* \[[`2a6105a63b`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/2a6105a63b)] - **(CVE-2026-21714)** **src**: handle NGHTTP2\_ERR\_FLOW\_CONTROL error code (RafaelGSS) [nodejs-private/node-private#832](https://github.com/nodejs-private/node-private/pull/832)
* \[[`91b970886f`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/91b970886f)] - **(CVE-2026-21637)** **tls**: wrap SNICallback invocation in try/catch (Matteo Collina) [nodejs-private/node-private#819](https://github.com/nodejs-private/node-private/pull/819)