RockyLinux 8 : nodejs:16 (RLSA-2023:5360)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 279476

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Synopsis

The remote RockyLinux host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote RockyLinux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RLSA-2023:5360 advisory.

* nodejs: Permissions policies can be bypassed via Module._load (CVE-2023-32002)

* nodejs-semver: Regular expression denial of service (CVE-2022-25883)

* nodejs: Permissions policies can impersonate other modules in using module.constructor.createRequire() (CVE-2023-32006)

* nodejs: Permissions policies can be bypassed via process.binding (CVE-2023-32559)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the RockyLinux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the affected nodejs-nodemon and / or nodejs-packaging packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 279476

File Name: rocky_linux_RLSA-2023-5360.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Family: Rocky Linux Local Security Checks

Published: 12/20/2025

Updated: 12/24/2025

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-32002

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:nodejs-packaging, cpe:/o:rocky:linux:8, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:nodejs-nodemon

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RockyLinux/release, Host/RockyLinux/rpm-list, Host/cpu

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 12/20/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/21/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-25883, CVE-2023-32002, CVE-2023-32006, CVE-2023-32559

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