Node.js 26.12.1 (Current)

Antoine du Hamel

2026-10-21, Version 26.12.1 (Current), @aduh95 prepared by @RafaelGSS

This is a security release.

Notable Changes

(CVE-2026-106069, CVE-2026-106072) tls: reject non-canonical IP addresses (Matteo Collina) – High
(CVE-2026-105482) dns: validate resolve inputs for null bytes (James M Snell) – High
(CVE-2026-105483) tls: fix ip normalization regression (James M Snell) – High
(CVE-2026-111497) deps: brotli: cherry-pick 0ed4268a4401abcb44720963 (Evgenii Kliuchnikov) – High
(CVE-2026-105481) http: ensure agent data guard works without I/O (James M Snell) – Medium
(CVE-2026-106074) crypto: reset random caches across snapshots (Filip Skokan) – Medium
(CVE-2026-106070) zlib: avoid caching invalid ZIP local headers (Matteo Collina) – Low
(CVE-2026-106073) permission: check permission model in realpathSync (RafaelGSS) – Low
deps: V8: backport 93cd21e8254b (Joyee Cheung)
crypto: update root certificates to NSS 3.131.1 (Antoine du Hamel)
tls: reject chains containing blocked public keys (Ulises Gascon)
deps: update c-ares to 1.34.9 (Node.js GitHub Bot)
tools: retry Gatekeeper check and stapling after notarization (Ryan Aslett)
crypto: harden X.509 conversion and formatting (Filip Skokan)

Commits

[818e4ca061] - crypto: update root certificates to NSS 3.131.1 (Antoine du Hamel) #66877
[fd3c87ed43] - crypto: harden X.509 conversion and formatting (Filip Skokan) nodejs-private/node-private#966
[acffa610db] - crypto: reset random caches across snapshots (Filip Skokan) nodejs-private/node-private#987
[7895a5cd2d] - deps: update undici to 8.12.2 (Node.js GitHub Bot) #66721
[12daa54d2e] - deps: V8: backport 93cd21e8254b (Joyee Cheung) nodejs-private/node-private#999
[6a8b3db7e2] - deps: update c-ares to 1.34.9 (Node.js GitHub Bot) #66868
[a6040b50d9] - deps: brotli: cherry-pick 0ed4268a4401abcb44720963 (Evgenii Kliuchnikov) nodejs-private/node-private#1002
[6b78ea171d] - dns: validate resolve inputs for null bytes (James M Snell) nodejs-private/node-private#984
[0683ee5f7d] - http: ensure agent data guard works without I/O (James M Snell) nodejs-private/node-private#983
[e5cae10148] - Revert "module: synchronously load most ES modules" (Antoine du Hamel) #66786
[cc244131aa] - permission: check permission model in realpathSync (RafaelGSS) nodejs-private/node-private#973
[0392385841] - src: expose BROTLI_DECODER_ERROR_FORMAT_BLOCK_SWITCH (Antoine du Hamel) nodejs-private/node-private#1002
[c273a408c9] - src: fix the fs permission tree node on wildcard nodes (James M Snell) nodejs-private/node-private#986
[a2caddd20e] - tls: reject chains containing blocked public keys (Ulises Gascon) #66871
[ad788ccd07] - tls: reject non-canonical IP addresses (Matteo Collina) nodejs-private/node-private#982
[cd4b05469c] - tls: fix ip normalization regression (James M Snell) nodejs-private/node-private#985
[5fa440e0d7] - tools: retry Gatekeeper check and stapling after notarization (Ryan Aslett) #66855
[745ad77156] - zlib: avoid caching invalid ZIP local headers (Matteo Collina) nodejs-private/node-private#981

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