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Oracle Linux 8 : nodejs:20 (ELSA-2026-8339)

high Nessus Plugin ID 307484

Synopsis

The remote Oracle Linux host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote Oracle Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2026-8339 advisory.

 - Patch nghttp2 to version 1.68.1 and disable tests which would fail due to this change.
 Resolves: RHEL-154018 Fixes: CVE-2026-27135 CVE-2026-27904 CVE-2026-26996 CVE-2026-25547 CVE-2026-21710

 nodejs-nodemon
 - Resolves: CVE-2022-25883
 - Resolves: CVE-2021-35065
 - Rebase to 2.0.20 Resolves: CVE-2022-3517
 - Rebase to 2.0.19 Resolves: CVE-2022-33987
 - Resolves CVE-2020-28469
 - Update to 2.0.7 to resolve CVE-2020-28469

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Oracle 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.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2026-8339.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 307484

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2026-8339.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Published: 4/19/2026

Updated: 4/19/2026

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, 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-2026-26996

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

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.7

Threat Score: 7.7

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:P

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:oracle:linux:8, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:nodejs, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:nodejs-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:nodejs-docs, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:nodejs-full-i18n, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:nodejs-nodemon, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:nodejs-packaging, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:npm, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:nodejs-packaging-bundler

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list, Host/OracleLinux

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/17/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/18/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-21710, CVE-2026-26996, CVE-2026-27135, CVE-2026-27904