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ALPINE-CVE-2021-22883

ALPINE-CVE-2021-22883 PUBLISHED CVSS 7.5 HIGH

Node.js before 10.24.0, 12.21.0, 14.16.0, and 15.10.0 is vulnerable to a denial of service attack when too many connection attempts with an 'unknownProtocol' are established. This leads to a leak of file descriptors. If a file descriptor limit is configured on the system, then the server is unable to accept new connections and prevent the process also from opening, e.g. a file. If no file descriptor limit is configured, then this lead to an excessive memory usage and cause the system to run out of memory.

Risk Scores

CVSS 3.1
7.5
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected Products

VendorProductVersions
Alpine:v3.20nodejs0, 0, 0
Alpine:v3.18nodejs10.16.0-r0, 0, 0
Alpine:v3.12nodejs6.9.4-r1, 8.11.3-r0, 8.11.2-r0
Alpine:v3.22nodejs0, 0, 0
Alpine:v3.17nodejs12.16.3-r1, 10.13.0-r0, 6.10.3-r0
Alpine:v3.15nodejs0, 0, 10.14.0-r0
Alpine:v3.13nodejs4.4.7-r0, 4.4.4-r0, 14.15.3-r1
Alpine:v3.23nodejs0, 0, 0
Alpine:v3.24nodejs0, 0, 0
Alpine:v3.11nodejs8.11.4-r0, 10.14.0-r0, 10.14.2-r0
Alpine:v3.19nodejs10.13.0-r0, 12.18.0-r1, 12.15.0-r1
Alpine:v3.21nodejs0, 0, 0
Alpine:v3.14nodejs8.9.3-r0, 0, 0
Alpine:v3.16nodejs6.9.4-r0, 0, 10.14.1-r0

Timeline

  • Mar 3, 2021 CVE Published
  • Jun 15, 2026 CVE Updated
  • Aug 8, 2026 Distribution Patch
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