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CVE-2022-25231

19
FAUCET Score

CVE-2022-25231 is a Denial of Service (DoS) vulnerability affecting the node-opcua package prior to version 2.74.0. An unauthenticated attacker can trigger this by sending a specially crafted OPC UA message that causes the application to request excessive memory, exceeding v8's limits. With a CVSS score of 7.5 (High), this vulnerability is easily exploitable over the network with no user interaction, leading to a complete denial of service. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 2.74.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:node-opcua_project:node-opcua:*:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

7.5HIGH

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.03%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
60.2%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0103 is in the 37th percentile among its peer group of 51,485 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (2)

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
npmpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: node-opcuaFixed in: 2.74.0

Vendor Advisories (1)

npmGHSA-qpgc-xh7j-52q8high

node-opcua DoS vulnerability via message with memory allocation that exceeds v8's memory limit

Aug 24, 2022

References

github.com / node-opcua/node-opcua/commit/7b5044b3f5866fbedc3efabd05e407352c07bd2f
PatchThird Party Advisory
github.com / node-opcua/node-opcua/pull/1182
PatchThird Party Advisory
security.snyk.io / vuln/SNYK-JS-NODEOPCUA-2988724
Third Party Advisory