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Node.js patches critical Brotli decoder buffer overflow vulnerability

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What happened.The Node.js project published emergency security updates across all active release lines to patch a critical out-of-bounds write buffer overflow vulnerability within the bundled Google Brotli compression decoder.

Why it matters.Node.js powers microservice edge gateways, API routers, and server-side rendering pipelines that routinely decompress untrusted user requests. Infrastructure teams must update Node container runtimes and backend worker images to patched releases before public exploit scripts proliferate.

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Source:GitHub Security Advisories (opens in a new tab)
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