# Node.js 20.8.1 (Current)

DevFeed: [Node.js 20.8.1 (Current)](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/node-js-20-8-1-current-2741.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://nodejs.org/en/blog/release/v20.8.1>)

Published: 2023-10-13T21:08:42Z

Content type: release

Language: en

Sources: [Node.js Blog](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/node-js-blog.md>)

Topics: [Node.js](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/node-js.md>), [Vulnerabilities](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/vulnerabilities.md>), [Security](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/security.md>), [releases](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/releases.md>), [JavaScript](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/javascript.md>), [Open Source](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/open-source.md>), [cross-platform](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/cross-platform.md>)

Tags: [cross-platform](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/cross-platform.md>), [javascript](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/javascript.md>), [node-js](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/node-js.md>), [nodejs](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/nodejs.md>), [open-source](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/open-source.md>), [release](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/release.md>), [releases](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/releases.md>), [security](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/security.md>), [vulnerabilities](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/vulnerabilities.md>)

## AI overview

Node.js 20.8.1 is a current release that fixes multiple high-, medium-, and low-severity security vulnerabilities, including HTTP/2 denial-of-service issues, path traversal, integrity-check bypasses, and WebAssembly export-name code injection. It also updates dependencies and improves permission and policy-related behavior.

## Source excerpt

Node.js® is a free, open-source, cross-platform JavaScript runtime environment that lets developers create servers, web apps, command line tools and scripts.