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+date: '2026-10-21T10:39:20.400Z'
+category: release
+title: Node.js 26.12.1 (Current)
+layout: blog-post
+author: Antoine du Hamel
+---
+
+## 2026-10-21, Version 26.12.1 (Current), @aduh95 prepared by @RafaelGSS
+
+This is a security release.
+
+### Notable Changes
+
+- (CVE-2026-106069, CVE-2026-106072) tls: reject non-canonical IP addresses (Matteo Collina) – High
+- (CVE-2026-105482) dns: validate resolve inputs for null bytes (James M Snell) – High
+- (CVE-2026-105483) tls: fix ip normalization regression (James M Snell) – High
+- (CVE-2026-111497) deps: brotli: cherry-pick 0ed4268a4401abcb44720963 (Evgenii Kliuchnikov) – High
+- (CVE-2026-105481) http: ensure agent data guard works without I/O (James M Snell) – Medium
+- (CVE-2026-106074) crypto: reset random caches across snapshots (Filip Skokan) – Medium
+- (CVE-2026-106070) zlib: avoid caching invalid ZIP local headers (Matteo Collina) – Low
+- (CVE-2026-106073) permission: check permission model in realpathSync (RafaelGSS) – Low
+- deps: V8: backport 93cd21e8254b (Joyee Cheung)
+- crypto: update root certificates to NSS 3.131.1 (Antoine du Hamel)
+- tls: reject chains containing blocked public keys (Ulises Gascon)
+- deps: update c-ares to 1.34.9 (Node.js GitHub Bot)
+- tools: retry Gatekeeper check and stapling after notarization (Ryan Aslett)
+- crypto: harden X.509 conversion and formatting (Filip Skokan)
+
+### Commits
+
+- \[[`818e4ca061`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/818e4ca061)] - **crypto**: update root certificates to NSS 3.131.1 (Antoine du Hamel) [#66877](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/66877)
+- \[[`fd3c87ed43`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/fd3c87ed43)] - **crypto**: harden X.509 conversion and formatting (Filip Skokan) [nodejs-private/node-private#966](https://github.com/nodejs-private/node-private/pull/966)
+- \[[`acffa610db`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/acffa610db)] - **crypto**: reset random caches across snapshots (Filip Skokan) [nodejs-private/node-private#987](https://github.com/nodejs-private/node-private/pull/987)
+- \[[`7895a5cd2d`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/7895a5cd2d)] - **deps**: update undici to 8.12.2 (Node.js GitHub Bot) [#66721](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/66721)
+- \[[`12daa54d2e`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/12daa54d2e)] - **deps**: V8: backport 93cd21e8254b (Joyee Cheung) [nodejs-private/node-private#999](https://github.com/nodejs-private/node-private/pull/999)
+- \[[`6a8b3db7e2`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/6a8b3db7e2)] - **deps**: update c-ares to 1.34.9 (Node.js GitHub Bot) [#66868](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/66868)
+- \[[`a6040b50d9`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/a6040b50d9)] - **deps**: brotli: cherry-pick 0ed4268a4401abcb44720963 (Evgenii Kliuchnikov) [nodejs-private/node-private#1002](https://github.com/nodejs-private/node-private/pull/1002)
+- \[[`6b78ea171d`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/6b78ea171d)] - **dns**: validate resolve inputs for null bytes (James M Snell) [nodejs-private/node-private#984](https://github.com/nodejs-private/node-private/pull/984)
+- \[[`0683ee5f7d`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/0683ee5f7d)] - **http**: ensure agent data guard works without I/O (James M Snell) [nodejs-private/node-private#983](https://github.com/nodejs-private/node-private/pull/983)
+- \[[`e5cae10148`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/e5cae10148)] - _**Revert**_ "**module**: synchronously load most ES modules" (Antoine du Hamel) [#66786](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/66786)
+- \[[`cc244131aa`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/cc244131aa)] - **permission**: check permission model in realpathSync (RafaelGSS) [nodejs-private/node-private#973](https://github.com/nodejs-private/node-private/pull/973)
+- \[[`0392385841`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/0392385841)] - **src**: expose `BROTLI_DECODER_ERROR_FORMAT_BLOCK_SWITCH` (Antoine du Hamel) [nodejs-private/node-private#1002](https://github.com/nodejs-private/node-private/pull/1002)
+- \[[`c273a408c9`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/c273a408c9)] - **src**: fix the fs permission tree node on wildcard nodes (James M Snell) [nodejs-private/node-private#986](https://github.com/nodejs-private/node-private/pull/986)
+- \[[`a2caddd20e`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/a2caddd20e)] - **tls**: reject chains containing blocked public keys (Ulises Gascon) [#66871](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/66871)
+- \[[`ad788ccd07`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/ad788ccd07)] - **tls**: reject non-canonical IP addresses (Matteo Collina) [nodejs-private/node-private#982](https://github.com/nodejs-private/node-private/pull/982)
+- \[[`cd4b05469c`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/cd4b05469c)] - **tls**: fix ip normalization regression (James M Snell) [nodejs-private/node-private#985](https://github.com/nodejs-private/node-private/pull/985)
+- \[[`5fa440e0d7`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/5fa440e0d7)] - **tools**: retry Gatekeeper check and stapling after notarization (Ryan Aslett) [#66855](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/66855)
+- \[[`745ad77156`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/745ad77156)] - **zlib**: avoid caching invalid ZIP local headers (Matteo Collina) [nodejs-private/node-private#981](https://github.com/nodejs-private/node-private/pull/981)
+
+Windows 64-bit Installer: https://nodejs.org/dist/v26.12.1/node-v26.12.1-x64.msi \
+Windows ARM 64-bit Installer: https://nodejs.org/dist/v26.12.1/node-v26.12.1-arm64.msi \
+Windows 64-bit Binary: https://nodejs.org/dist/v26.12.1/win-x64/node.exe \
+Windows ARM 64-bit Binary: https://nodejs.org/dist/v26.12.1/win-arm64/node.exe \
+macOS 64-bit Installer: https://nodejs.org/dist/v26.12.1/node-v26.12.1.pkg \
+macOS Apple Silicon 64-bit Binary: https://nodejs.org/dist/v26.12.1/node-v26.12.1-darwin-arm64.tar.gz \
+macOS Intel 64-bit Binary: https://nodejs.org/dist/v26.12.1/node-v26.12.1-darwin-x64.tar.gz \
+Linux 64-bit Binary: https://nodejs.org/dist/v26.12.1/node-v26.12.1-linux-x64.tar.xz \
+Linux PPC LE 64-bit Binary: https://nodejs.org/dist/v26.12.1/node-v26.12.1-linux-ppc64le.tar.xz \
+Linux s390x 64-bit Binary: https://nodejs.org/dist/v26.12.1/node-v26.12.1-linux-s390x.tar.xz \
+AIX 64-bit Binary: https://nodejs.org/dist/v26.12.1/node-v26.12.1-aix-ppc64.tar.gz \
+ARMv8 64-bit Binary: https://nodejs.org/dist/v26.12.1/node-v26.12.1-linux-arm64.tar.xz \
+Source Code: https://nodejs.org/dist/v26.12.1/node-v26.12.1.tar.gz \
+Other release files: https://nodejs.org/dist/v26.12.1/ \
+Documentation: https://nodejs.org/docs/v26.12.1/api/
+
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