2026-01-13, Version 20.20.0 'Iron' (LTS), @marco-ippolito

This is a security release.

Notable Changes

lib:

• (CVE-2025-55132) disable futimes when permission model is enabled (RafaelGSS) nodejs-private/node-private#802
• (CVE-2025-59465) add TLSSocket default error handler (RafaelGSS) nodejs-private/node-private#797
  lib,permission:
• (CVE-2025-55130) require full read and write to symlink APIs (RafaelGSS) nodejs-private/node-private#760
  src:
• (CVE-2025-59466) rethrow stack overflow exceptions in async_hooks (Matteo Collina) nodejs-private/node-private#773
  src,lib:
• (CVE-2025-55131) refactor unsafe buffer creation to remove zero-fill toggle (Сковорода Никита Андреевич) nodejs-private/node-private#759
  tls:
• (CVE-2026-21637) route callback exceptions through error handlers (Matteo Collina) nodejs-private/node-private#796

Commits

• [8f9ba3f623] - deps: update c-ares to v1.34.6 (Node.js GitHub Bot) #60997
• [97fc9b0eb7] - deps: update undici to 6.23.0 (Matteo Collina) nodejs-private/node-private#792
• [14fbbb510c] - (CVE-2025-55132) lib: disable futimes when permission model is enabled (RafaelGSS) nodejs-private/node-private#802
• [1febc48d5b] - (CVE-2025-59465) lib: add TLSSocket default error handler (RafaelGSS) nodejs-private/node-private#797
• [494f62dc23] - (CVE-2025-55130) lib,permission: require full read and write to symlink APIs (RafaelGSS) nodejs-private/node-private#760
• [d7a5c587c0] - (CVE-2025-59466) src: rethrow stack overflow exceptions in async_hooks (Matteo Collina) nodejs-private/node-private#773
• [51f4de4b4a] - (CVE-2025-55131) src,lib: refactor unsafe buffer creation to remove zero-fill toggle (Сковорода Никита Андреевич) nodejs-private/node-private#759
• [85f73e7057] - (CVE-2026-21637) tls: route callback exceptions through error handlers (Matteo Collina) nodejs-private/node-private#796