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CVE-2026-54156 (GCVE-0-2026-54156)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-09-14 16:09 – Updated: 2026-09-14 16:35
VLAI
Title
node-opcua: Unbounded nonce cache enables unauthenticated heap exhaustion DoS
Summary
node-opcua is an OPC UA implementation for TypeScript and Node.js. Prior to 2.166.0, the process-global g_alreadyUsedNonce cache used by nonceAlreadyBeenUsed in packages/node-opcua-secure-channel/source/server/server_secure_channel_layer.ts records nonces from OpenSecureChannelRequest and CreateSession without expiration or a size limit. An unauthenticated remote attacker can repeatedly create sessions with unique nonces, causing entries to persist after session expiry and accumulate across connection cycles even when maxSessions=10 limits concurrent sessions. The resulting unbounded heap growth can exhaust the default Node.js heap and crash the node-opcua server process. This issue is fixed in version 2.166.0.
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: yes Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2026-09-14 16:35 UTC
CWE
  • CWE-770 - Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
node-opcua node-opcua Affected: < 2.166.0
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