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Oracle Linux 8 : nodejs:24 (ELSA-2026-39868)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 329260

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-2026-39868 advisory.

 nodejs [1:24.18.0-1]
 - Update to version 24.18.0 Resolves: RHEL-168744

 nodejs-nodemon [3.0.3-1]
 - Initial import into nodejs:24 module

 nodejs-packaging [2021.06-6]
 - Properly handle @group/package deps in nodejs-symlink-deps Resolves: RHEL-121576

 [2021.06-5]
 - nodejs.req to properly detect bundled deps

 [2021.06-4]
 - NPM bundler: also find namespaced bundled dependencies

 [2021.06-3]
 - Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_35_Mass_Rebuild

 [2021.06-2]
 - Fix hard-coded output directory in the bundler

 [2021.06-1]
 - Update to 2021.06-1
 - bundler: Handle archaic license metadata
 - bundler: Warn about bundled dependencies with no license metadata

 [2021.01-3]
 - Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_34_Mass_Rebuild

 [2021.01-2]
 - nodejs-packaging-bundler improvements to handle uncommon characters

 [2021.01]
 - Add nodejs-packaging-bundler and update README.md

 [2020.09-1]
 - Move to dist-git as the upstream

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-2026-39868.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 329260

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2026-39868.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Published: 7/23/2026

Updated: 7/23/2026

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Continuous Assessment, Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.6

Percentile: 98.47

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-48930

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.8

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

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.3

Threat Score: 2.1

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:P

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-42338

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:oracle:linux:8, 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-libs, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:nodejs-nodemon, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:nodejs-packaging-bundler, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:nodejs-packaging, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:nodejs, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:npm, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:v8-13.6-devel

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: 7/20/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/5/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-11525, CVE-2026-12151, CVE-2026-42338, CVE-2026-48615, CVE-2026-48618, CVE-2026-48619, CVE-2026-48928, CVE-2026-48930, CVE-2026-48933, CVE-2026-48934, CVE-2026-48935, CVE-2026-6733, CVE-2026-6734, CVE-2026-9678, CVE-2026-9697