SUSE SLES15 Security Update : nodejs24 (SUSE-SU-2026:1299-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 306328

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-2026:1299-1 advisory.

- Update to 24.14.1
- CVE-2026-21637: synchronous exceptions thrown during certain callbacks bypass the standard TLS error handling paths and can cause a denial of service (bsc#1256576).
- CVE-2026-21710: uncaught TypeError exception can cause a denial of service (bsc#1260455).
- CVE-2026-21712: malformed URL format can lead to a crash (bsc#1260460).
- CVE-2026-21713: timing side-channel in HMAC verification via memcmp can lead to potential MAC forgery (bsc#1260463).
- CVE-2026-21714: WINDOW_UPDATE frames on stream 0 can lead to memory leak (bsc#1260480).
- CVE-2026-21715: permission model bypass in realpathSync.native can allow file existence disclosure (bsc#1260482).
- CVE-2026-21716: promise-based FileHandle methods can be used to modify file permissions and ownership (bsc#1260462).
- CVE-2026-21717: crafted request can lead to trivially predictable hash collisions (bsc#1260494).

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 nodejs24, nodejs24-devel, nodejs24-docs and / or npm24 packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 306328

File Name: suse_SU-2026-1299-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 4/14/2026

Updated: 4/14/2026

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.1

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-21637

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.7

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:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:nodejs24, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:nodejs24-docs, cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:15, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:nodejs24-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:npm24

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/13/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/13/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-59464, CVE-2026-21637, CVE-2026-21710, CVE-2026-21712, CVE-2026-21713, CVE-2026-21714, CVE-2026-21715, CVE-2026-21716, CVE-2026-21717

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2026:1299-1

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