# Node.js 8.16.1 (LTS)

DevFeed: [Node.js 8.16.1 (LTS)](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/node-js-8-16-1-lts-2862.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://nodejs.org/en/blog/release/v8.16.1>)

Published: 2019-08-15T22:38:49Z

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>), [Security](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/security.md>), [DDoS](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ddos.md>)

Tags: [cross-platform](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/cross-platform.md>), [cve](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/cve.md>), [http](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/http.md>), [lts](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/lts.md>), [node-js](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/node-js.md>), [open-source](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/open-source.md>), [security](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/security.md>), [vulnerabilities](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/vulnerabilities.md>)

## AI overview

Node.js 8.16.1 is a security release addressing multiple HTTP/2 denial-of-service vulnerabilities. The fixes cover attacks involving data dribbling, ping floods, stream priority manipulation, reset floods, settings floods, zero-length headers, and internal data buffering.

## 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.