The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2026:2781 advisory.

    Node.js is a software development platform for building fast and scalable network applications in the     JavaScript programming language.

    Security Fix(es):

    * nodejs: Nodejs filesystem permissions bypass (CVE-2025-55132)

    * nodejs: Nodejs denial of service (CVE-2026-21637)

    * nodejs: Nodejs denial of service (CVE-2025-59466)

    * nodejs: Nodejs denial of service (CVE-2025-59465)

    * nodejs: Nodejs uninitialized memory exposure (CVE-2025-55131)

    * nodejs: Nodejs file permissions bypass (CVE-2025-55130)

    For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and     other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Red Hat Enterprise Linux security advisory.

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

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RHEL 9 : nodejs:24 (RHSA-2026:2781)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 299308

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Version 1.2

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Version 1.3 Apr 4, 2026, 6:55 AM New Plugin Feed: 202604040655
Version 1.2 Feb 18, 2026, 9:24 AM CVSS metrics ("CVSSv2 score" set to 9.4) CVSS metrics ("CVSSv2 vector" set to "CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:N") CVSSv2 score source (changed from "CVE-2025-55132" to "CVE-2025-55130") CVSSv2 severity (based on CVE-2025-55130, severity increased from "Low" to "High") CVSSv3 score source (changed from "CVE-2025-55130" to none) Plugin Feed: 202602180924
Version 1.1 Feb 18, 2026, 1:09 AM New Plugin Feed: 202602180109