Title: Uninitialized DH computeSecret should throw instead of returning empty buffers · Issue #63674 · nodejs/node · GitHub
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Description: When a DH instance does not have a private key initialized, it just happily returns empty buffers for all public keys. That is a footgun and needs to be fixed (turned into a throw). Welcome to Node.js v26.2.0. Type ".help" for more infor...
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