🛡️ CVE-2026-58042 on Alpine — nodejs

⚪ Unknown ✅ No Known Exploit OSV

N/A

CVSS Score

0 Low4 Medium7 High9 Critical10

Description

A flaw in Node.js can cause dns.resolveAny() Aborts the Node.js Process When a DNS Response Contains More Than 256 A Records.

Repeated triggering of this condition can lead to denial of service.

This vulnerability affects Node.js 26.x, 24.x, and 22.x.

Distribution advisory

This page covers CVE-2026-58042 as tracked by Alpine, for the package nodejs. The fix is available in version 24.18.1-r0; earlier versions remain affected.

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached over the network, attack complexity is high, an attacker needs no privileges on the target. No user interaction is required. The scope is unchanged, so the impact stays within the vulnerable component. Rated impact: confidentiality none, integrity none, availability high.

Weakness class

ALPINE-CVE-2026-58042 is classified as CWE-400: Uncontrolled Resource Consumption. A request can consume memory, CPU or storage without limit, exhausting capacity for everyone else.

Affected software

ALPINE-CVE-2026-58042 is recorded against 1 package.

nodejs (fixed in 24.18.1-r0)

Timeline and source

Published on 4 August 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from OSV.

References

security.alpinelinux.org (Advisory)

Details

Severity Unknown

CVSS Score N/A

CVSS Vector CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CWE N/A

Public Exploit ✅ No

Source OSV

Published 2026-08-04

Updated 2026-08-12

Modified 2026-08-04

Fix URL N/A

Affected Packages

Software	From version	Fixed in
nodejs	—	24.18.1-r0

References

ADVISORY https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2026-58042

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