2026-01-13, Version 25.3.0 (Current)

This is a security release.

Notable changes:

lib:
  * (CVE-2025-59465) add TLSSocket default error handler (RafaelGSS) nodejs-private/node-private#750
permission:
  * (CVE-2026-21636) add network check on pipe_wrap connect (RafaelGSS) nodejs-private/node-private#784
  * (CVE-2025-55130) require full read and write to symlink APIs (RafaelGSS) nodejs-private/node-private#760
  * (CVE-2025-55132) disable futimes when permission model is enabled (RafaelGSS) nodejs-private/node-private#748
src:
  * (CVE-2025-59466) rethrow stack overflow exceptions in async_hooks (Matteo Collina) nodejs-private/node-private#773
src,lib:
  * (CVE-2025-55131) refactor unsafe buffer creation to remove zero-fill toggle (Сковорода Никита Андреевич) nodejs-private/node-private#759
tls:
  * (CVE-2026-21637) route callback exceptions through error handlers (Matteo Collina) nodejs-private/node-private#790

PR-URL: nodejs-private/node-private#793

Author: RafaelGSS

CHANGELOG.md

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-<b><a href="doc/changelogs/CHANGELOG_V25.md#25.2.1">25.2.1</a></b><br/>
+<b><a href="doc/changelogs/CHANGELOG_V25.md#25.3.0">25.3.0</a></b><br/>
+<a href="doc/changelogs/CHANGELOG_V25.md#25.2.1">25.2.1</a><br/>
 <a href="doc/changelogs/CHANGELOG_V25.md#25.2.0">25.2.0</a><br/>
 <a href="doc/changelogs/CHANGELOG_V25.md#25.1.0">25.1.0</a><br/>
 <a href="doc/changelogs/CHANGELOG_V25.md#25.0.0">25.0.0</a><br/>

doc/changelogs/CHANGELOG_V25.md

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+<a href="#25.3.0">25.3.0</a><br/>
 <a href="#25.2.1">25.2.1</a><br/>
 <a href="#25.2.0">25.2.0</a><br/>
 <a href="#25.1.0">25.1.0</a><br/>
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   * [io.js](CHANGELOG_IOJS.md)
   * [Archive](CHANGELOG_ARCHIVE.md)
 
+<a id="25.3.0"></a>
+
+## 2026-01-13, Version 25.3.0 (Current), @RafaelGSS
+
+This is a security release.
+
+### Notable Changes
+
+lib:
+
+* (CVE-2025-59465) add TLSSocket default error handler (RafaelGSS) <https://github.com/nodejs-private/node-private/pull/750>
+  permission:
+* (CVE-2026-21636) add network check on pipe\_wrap connect (RafaelGSS) <https://github.com/nodejs-private/node-private/pull/784>
+* (CVE-2025-55130) require full read and write to symlink APIs (RafaelGSS) <https://github.com/nodejs-private/node-private/pull/760>
+* (CVE-2025-55132) disable futimes when permission model is enabled (RafaelGSS) <https://github.com/nodejs-private/node-private/pull/748>
+  src:
+* (CVE-2025-59466) rethrow stack overflow exceptions in async\_hooks (Matteo Collina) <https://github.com/nodejs-private/node-private/pull/773>
+  src,lib:
+* (CVE-2025-55131) refactor unsafe buffer creation to remove zero-fill toggle (Сковорода Никита Андреевич) <https://github.com/nodejs-private/node-private/pull/759>
+  tls:
+* (CVE-2026-21637) route callback exceptions through error handlers (Matteo Collina) <https://github.com/nodejs-private/node-private/pull/790>
+
+### Commits
+
+* \[[`a6a74b89a7`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/a6a74b89a7)] - **deps**: update c-ares to v1.34.6 (Node.js GitHub Bot) [#60997](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/60997)
+* \[[`5100614e26`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/5100614e26)] - **deps**: update undici to 7.18.2 (Node.js GitHub Bot) [#61283](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/61283)
+* \[[`f0a8916887`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/f0a8916887)] - **(CVE-2025-59465)** **lib**: add TLSSocket default error handler (RafaelGSS) [nodejs-private/node-private#750](https://github.com/nodejs-private/node-private/pull/750)
+* \[[`b4b887c5f7`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/b4b887c5f7)] - **(CVE-2025-55132)** **lib**: disable futimes when permission model is enabled (RafaelGSS) [nodejs-private/node-private#748](https://github.com/nodejs-private/node-private/pull/748)
+* \[[`26be208039`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/26be208039)] - **(CVE-2025-55130)** **lib,permission**: require full read and write to symlink APIs (RafaelGSS) [nodejs-private/node-private#760](https://github.com/nodejs-private/node-private/pull/760)
+* \[[`bdf5873d44`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/bdf5873d44)] - **(CVE-2026-21636)** **permission**: add network check on pipe\_wrap connect (RafaelGSS) [nodejs-private/node-private#784](https://github.com/nodejs-private/node-private/pull/784)
+* \[[`0578e3e921`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/0578e3e921)] - **(CVE-2025-59466)** **src**: rethrow stack overflow exceptions in async\_hooks (Matteo Collina) [nodejs-private/node-private#773](https://github.com/nodejs-private/node-private/pull/773)
+* \[[`4d6b55a6d1`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/4d6b55a6d1)] - **(CVE-2025-55131)** **src,lib**: refactor unsafe buffer creation to remove zero-fill toggle (Сковорода Никита Андреевич) [nodejs-private/node-private#759](https://github.com/nodejs-private/node-private/pull/759)
+* \[[`c357a39e14`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/c357a39e14)] - **(CVE-2026-21637)** **tls**: route callback exceptions through error handlers (Matteo Collina) [nodejs-private/node-private#790](https://github.com/nodejs-private/node-private/pull/790)
+
 <a id="25.2.1"></a>
 
 ## 2025-11-17, Version 25.2.1 (Current), @aduh95