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Microsoft Security Response CenterCVE-2024-27983

An attacker can make the Node.js HTTP/2 server completely unavailable by sending a small amount of HTTP/2 frames packets with a few HTTP/2 frames inside. It is possible to leave some data in nghttp2 memory after reset when headers with HTTP/2 CONTINUATION frame are sent to the server and then a TCP connection is abruptly closed by the client triggering the Http2Session destructor while header frames are still being processed (and stored in memory) causing a race condition.

Is Azure Linux the only Microsoft product that includes this open-source library and is therefore potentially affected by this vulnerability? One of the main benefits to our customers who choose to use the Azure Linux distro is the commitment to keep it up to date with the most recent and most secure versions of the open source libraries with which the distro is composed. Microsoft is committed to transparency in this work which is why we began publishing CSAF/VEX in October 2025. See this blog post for more information. If impact to additional products is identified, we will update the CVE to reflect this.

8.2CVSS out of 10High severity
Scope

What the vendor says is affected

  • azl3 nodejs 20.14.0-1 on Azure Linux 3.0
  • azl3 nodejs 20.10.0-2 on Azure Linux 3.0
  • cbl2 nodejs18 18.18.2-7 on CBL Mariner 2.0
  • cbl2 nodejs18 18.18.2-7 on CBL-Mariner 2.0

Versions the vendor lists as fixed

  • 20.14.0-1
  • 18.18.2-7
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