Version 12.22.6 'Erbium' (LTS)
This is a security release.
Notable Changes
These are vulnerabilities in the node-tar, arborist, and npm cli modules which are related to the initial reports and subsequent remediation of node-tar vulnerabilities CVE-2021-32803 and CVE-2021-32804. Subsequent internal security review of node-tar and additional external bounty reports have resulted in another 5 CVE being remediated in core npm CLI dependencies including node-tar, and npm arborist.
Version 12.22.5 'Erbium' (LTS)
This is a security release.
Notable Changes
CVE-2021-3672/CVE-2021-22931: Improper handling of untypical characters in domain names (High)
Node.js was vulnerable to Remote Code Execution, XSS, application crashes due to missing input validation of hostnames returned by Domain Name Servers in the Node.js DNS library which can lead to the output of wrong hostnames (leading to Domain Hijacking) and injection vulnerabilities in applications using the library. You can read more about it at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-22931.
CVE-2021-22930: Use after free on close http2 on stream canceling (High)
Node.js was vulnerable to a use after free attack where an attacker might be able to exploit memory corruption to change process behavior. This release includes a follow-up fix for CVE-2021-22930 as the issue was not completely resolved by the previous fix. You can read more about it at https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2021-22930.
CVE-2021-22939: Incomplete validation of rejectUnauthorized parameter (Low)
If the Node.js HTTPS API was used incorrectly and "undefined" was in passed for the "rejectUnauthorized" parameter, no error was returned and connections to servers with an expired certificate would have been accepted. You can read more about it at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-22939.
Version 12.22.4 'Erbium' (LTS)
This is a security release.
Notable Changes
CVE-2021-22930: Use after free on close http2 on stream canceling (High)
Node.js is vulnerable to a use after free attack where an attacker might be able to exploit the memory corruption, to change process behavior. You can read more about it in https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2021-22930
Version 12.16.2 'Erbium' (LTS)
Notable Changes
doc:
add ronag to collaborators
add GeoffreyBooth to collaborators
deps:
upgrade npm to 6.13.6
update openssl to 1.1.1e
Version 12.16.1 'Erbium' (LTS):
Node.js 12.16.0 included 6 regressions that are being fixed in this release
Version 12.16.0 'Erbium' (LTS):
New assert APIs
Advanced serialization for IPC
CLI flags
New crypto APIs
Dependency updates
Version 12.14.1 'Erbium' (LTS):
Notable changes
* crypto: fix key requirements in asymmetric cipher
* deps:
- update llhttp to 2.0.1
- update nghttp2 to 1.40.0
* v8: mark serdes API as stable
Moved nodejs to nodejs10 - version 10.17.0
Version 12.13.1 'Erbium' (LTS):
Notable changes
Experimental support for building Node.js with Python 3 is improved.
ICU time zone data is updated to version 2019c. This fixes the date offset in Brazil.
