Uncontrolled Resource Consumption in @discordjs/opus

Exploitation

No confirmed exploitation recorded. Patch Next marks exploitation only from CISA KEV.

CVSS

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

EPSS

• CVE-2022-25345: 1.38% estimated exploitation activity in the next 30 days; percentile 72.12 (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-03). This is a model estimate, not proof of exploitation or customer exposure.

As published by the source; long descriptions are shortened.

Improperly handled errors in @discordjs/opus cause hard crashes instead of returning the error to user land. All versions of package @discordjs/opus (<= 0.7.0) are vulnerable to Denial of Service (DoS) when trying to encode using an encoder with zero channels, or a non-initialized buffer. This leads to a hard crash due to improperly returning the errors from the invalid inputs. As of version 0.8.0, the errors are correctly returned to the user and are no longer throwing hard crashes that cannot be recovered.

Published by the source

18 Jun 2022, 00:00 UTC

Last modified by the source

30 May 2025, 20:44 UTC

Source last checked

26 Oct 2026, 12:25 UTC

1. Revision 2 · amended · 26 Oct 2026

   Amended from ghsa record GHSA-rvgf-69j7-xh78

2. Revision 1 · created · 24 Oct 2026

   Published from osv record GHSA-rvgf-69j7-xh78

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# Patch Next advisory brief: CVE-2022-25345

Advisory: Uncontrolled Resource Consumption in @discordjs/opus
IDs: CVE-2022-25345, GHSA-rvgf-69j7-xh78
Record: https://patchnext.com/advisories/cve-2022-25345 (revision 2, source checked 26 Oct 2026, 12:25 UTC)
Inventory: none attached. This brief comes from a public page and does not say whether any deployment is affected.
Severity: High (CVSS 7.5)
Exploitation: no confirmed exploitation recorded. Patch Next confirms exploitation only from CISA KEV.
Vendor response: Vendor fix available; fixed versions by package: @discordjs/opus 0.8.0. A vendor fix does not mean a deployment is fixed.

## Affected components
- npm @discordjs/opus: affected < 0.8.0; fixed in 0.8.0

## Suggested inspection (read-only)
- `npm ls @discordjs/opus --all`: lists every installed copy and version, including transitive ones. Run in the project root after `npm ci`.

## Supported action
Upgrade each affected component to a fixed version on its release line. For a transitive dependency, upgrade the parent package or add an override or constraint, then regenerate the lockfile. Redeploy every environment that ran an affected version.

## Required regression checks
- Run the test suite and a production build.
- Exercise the features that depend on @discordjs/opus.
- Repeat the inspection and confirm that only fixed versions remain installed.

## Rollback considerations
- Keep the previous lockfile and deployment artifact. Rolling back reinstates the vulnerable version, so apply any documented mitigation while you fix forward.

## Unresolved questions
- Which deployments run an affected version?
- Exploitation status can change. Check again before lowering the priority.
- Mark the work resolved only after the fixed version is verified in production.

## Sources
- Verified: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-rvgf-69j7-xh78 (OSV record GHSA-rvgf-69j7-xh78 lists affected ranges: npm @discordjs/opus >=0 <0.8.0 (fixed))
- Verified: https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-rvgf-69j7-xh78 (GitHub-reviewed advisory GHSA-rvgf-69j7-xh78 lists affected ranges: npm @discordjs/opus >=0 <0.8.0)

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