SUSE SLES15 Security Update : nodejs22 (SUSE-SU-2026:0301-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 297009

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Synopsis

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

Description

The remote SUSE Linux SLES15 / SLES_SAP15 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2026:0301-1 advisory.

Security fixes:

- CVE-2026-22036: Fixed unbounded decompression chain in HTTP response leading to resource exhaustion (bsc#1256848)
- CVE-2026-21637: Fixed synchronous exceptions thrown during callbacks that bypass TLS error handling and causing denial of service (bsc#1256576)
- CVE-2025-55132: Fixed futimes() ability to acces file even if process has read permissions only (bsc#1256571)
- CVE-2025-55131: Fixed race condition that allowed allocations with leftover data leading to in-process secrets exposure (bsc#1256570)
- CVE-2025-55130: Fixed filesystem permissions bypass via crafted symlinks (bsc#1256569)
- CVE-2025-59465: Fixed malformed HTTP/2 HEADERS frame with invalid HPACK leading to crash (bsc#1256573)
- CVE-2025-59466: Fixed uncatchable 'Maximum call stack size exceeded' error leading to crash (bsc#1256574)

Other fixes:

- Update to 22.22.0:
* deps: updated undici to 6.23.0
* deps: updated bundled c-ares to 1.34.6 (if used)
* add TLSSocket default error handler
* disable futimes when permission model is enabled
* require full read and write to symlink APIs
* rethrow stack overflow exceptions in async_hooks
* refactor unsafe buffer creation to remove zero-fill toggle
* route callback exceptions through error handlers

- Update to 22.21.1:
* src: avoid unnecessary string -> char* -> string round trips
* src: remove unnecessary shadowed functions on Utf8Value & BufferValue
* process: fix hrtime fast call signatures
* http: improve writeEarlyHints by avoiding for-of loop

- Update to 22.21.0:
* cli: add --use-env-proxy
* http: support http proxy for fetch under NODE_USE_ENV_PROXY
* http: add shouldUpgradeCallback to let servers control HTTP upgrades
* http,https: add built-in proxy support in http/https.request and Agent
* src: add percentage support to --max-old-space-size

- Update to 22.20.0
* doc: stabilize --disable-sigusr1
* doc: mark path.matchesGlob as stable
* http: add Agent.agentKeepAliveTimeoutBuffer option
* http2: add support for raw header arrays in h2Stream.respond()
* inspector: add http2 tracking support
* sea: implement execArgvExtension
* sea: support execArgv in sea config
* stream: add brotli support to CompressionStream and DecompressionStream
* test_runner: support object property mocking
* worker: add cpu profile APIs for worker

- Update to 22.19.0
* cli: add NODE_USE_SYSTEM_CA=1
* cli: support ${pid} placeholder in --cpu-prof-name
* crypto: add tls.setDefaultCACertificates()
* dns: support max timeout
* doc: update the instruction on how to verify releases
* esm: unflag --experimental-wasm-modules
* http: add server.keepAliveTimeoutBuffer option
* lib: docs deprecate _http_*
* net: update net.blocklist to allow file save and file management
* process: add threadCpuUsage
* zlib: add dictionary support to zstdCompress and zstdDecompress

- Update to 22.18.0:
* deps: update amaro to 1.1.0
* doc: add all watch-mode related flags to node.1
* doc: add islandryu to collaborators
* esm: implement import.meta.main
* fs: allow correct handling of burst in fs-events with AsyncIterator
* permission: propagate permission model flags on spawn
* sqlite: add support for readBigInts option in db connection level
* src,permission: add support to permission.has(addon)
* url: add fileURLToPathBuffer API
* watch: add --watch-kill-signal flag
* worker: make Worker async disposable

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE 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 nodejs22, nodejs22-devel, nodejs22-docs and / or npm22 packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 297009

File Name: suse_SU-2026-0301-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 1/28/2026

Updated: 1/28/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 8.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 2.1

Temporal Score: 1.6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-55132

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

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:O/RC:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-22036

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.8

Threat Score: 1.1

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:U

Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:15, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:nodejs22, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:nodejs22-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:nodejs22-docs, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:npm22

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 1/27/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/13/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-55130, CVE-2025-55131, CVE-2025-55132, CVE-2025-59465, CVE-2025-59466, CVE-2026-21637, CVE-2026-22036

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2026:0301-1

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