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Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2025-59466

high Nessus Plugin ID 283722

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Synopsis

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed with a vulnerability that the vendor indicates will not be patched.

Description

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available.

 - We have identified a bug in Node.js error handling where Maximum call stack size exceeded errors become uncatchable when `async_hooks.createHook()` is enabled. Instead of reaching `process.on('uncaughtException')`, the process terminates, making the crash unrecoverable. Applications that rely on `AsyncLocalStorage` (v22, v20) or `async_hooks.createHook()` (v24, v22, v20) become vulnerable to denial-of-service crashes triggered by deep recursion under specific conditions.
 (CVE-2025-59466)

Note that Nessus relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor.

Solution

There is no known solution at this time.

See Also

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2025-59466

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2025-59466

https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2025-59466

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 283722

File Name: unpatched_CVE_2025_59466.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Misc.

Published: 1/14/2026

Updated: 2/3/2026

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.1

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 4.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-59466

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.9

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

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:U/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:nodejs24-libs, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:nodejs-libs, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:nodejs-npm, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:11.0, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:nodejs-devel, cpe:/o:centos:centos:8, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:nodejs-devel, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:22.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:nodejs-docs, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:nodejs, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:24.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:nodejs24-devel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:v8-12.4-devel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:nodejs-packaging-bundler, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:nodejs-full-i18n, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:nodejs24-docs, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:nodejs24-full-i18n, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:nodejs24-npm, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:nodejs-nodemon, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:10, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:nodejs-packaging, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:nodejs24-devel, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:25.10, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:13.0, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:nodejs-libs, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:nodejs-full-i18n, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:nodejs-packaging-bundler, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:npm, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:nodejs24, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:npm, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:nodejs22, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:nodejs-docs, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:nodejs24, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:nodejs22, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:nodejs, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:nodejs24-npm, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:nodejs-npm, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:v8-12.4-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:nodejs-nodemon, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:nodejs24-full-i18n, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:nodejs, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:nodejs, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:nodejs-packaging, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:20.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:12.0, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:nodejs24-libs, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:nodejs24-docs

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, global_settings/vendor_unpatched, Host/OS/identifier

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/13/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-59466