🛡️ CVE-2026-58040 — node

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached over the network, attack complexity is high, an attacker needs low-level privileges on the target. No user interaction is required. The scope is changed, meaning a successful attack can affect components beyond the vulnerable one. Rated impact: confidentiality high, integrity none, availability none.

CVSS metrics in full

The score comes from this vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N

• Attack vector: Network — reachable from anywhere that can route to the service.
• Attack complexity: High — the attacker first has to win a race, learn a secret or otherwise prepare the target.
• Privileges required: Low — an ordinary user account is enough.
• User interaction: None — nobody has to be tricked into anything.
• Scope: Changed — a successful attack reaches components beyond the vulnerable one.
• Confidentiality impact: High — total loss, or loss the attacker controls.
• Integrity impact: None.
• Availability impact: None.

Affected software

CVE-2026-58040 is recorded against 3 packages.

• node
• node-min
• unknown

Timeline and source

Published on 17 August 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from NVD.

References

nodejs.org (Web)
nvd.nist.gov (Web)

Other advisories for this package

node has other advisories on record. If you are patching this one, these are worth checking on the same host:

• CVE-2026-58042 (5.0 Medium, published 17 Aug 2026)
• CVE-2026-58041 (5.0 Medium, published 17 Aug 2026)
• CVE-2026-58039 (2.0 Low, published 17 Aug 2026)
• CVE-2026-56850 (5.0 Medium, published 17 Aug 2026)
• CVE-2026-58045 (5.0 Medium, published 17 Aug 2026)
• CVE-2026-56848 (8.0 High, published 17 Aug 2026)
• CVE-2026-58044 (2.0 Low, published 17 Aug 2026)
• CVE-2026-56847 (2.0 Low, published 17 Aug 2026)

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