# October 12th 2021 Security Releases

DevFeed: [October 12th 2021 Security Releases](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/october-12th-2021-security-releases-2900.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://nodejs.org/en/blog/vulnerability/oct-2021-security-releases>)

Published: 2021-10-12T16:00:00Z

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>), [releases](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/releases.md>), [Security](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/security.md>), [Vulnerabilities](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/vulnerabilities.md>), [servers](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/servers.md>)

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

## AI overview

Node.js published October 12, 2021 security releases for the 16.x, 14.x, and 12.x release lines. The updates address two HTTP Request Smuggling issues involving parsing of HTTP headers and chunked request bodies, with fixes included in llhttp v2.1.4 and v6.0.6.

## 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.