RHEL 10 : nodejs24 (RHSA-2026:73428)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 351212

Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 10 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2026:73428 advisory.

Node.js is a platform built on Chrome's JavaScript runtime for easily building fast, scalable network applications. Node.js uses an event-driven, non-blocking I/O model that makes it lightweight and efficient, perfect for data-intensive real-time applications that run across distributed devices.

Security Fix(es):

* undici: undici: Authentication bypass via cross-origin cache poisoning due to missing origin isolation (CVE-2026-85152)

* undici: undici: TLS certificate validation bypass in BalancedPool via dropped connect options (CVE-2026-84961)

* undici: undici: Denial of Service via unrequested WebSocket subprotocol (CVE-2026-19534)

Bug Fix(es) and Enhancement(s):

* nodejs24: Rebase to the latest Node.js 24 release [rhel-10] (JIRA:RHEL-249187)

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.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 351212

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2026-73428.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks

Published: 9/29/2026

Updated: 9/29/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.3

Percentile: 53.48

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Important

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9.4

Temporal Score: 7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-84961

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.1

Temporal Score: 7.9

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:10.2, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:nodejs24-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:nodejs24-docs, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:nodejs24-full-i18n, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:nodejs24-libs, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:nodejs24-npm, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:nodejs24

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/29/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/4/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-19534, CVE-2026-84961, CVE-2026-85152

CWE: 295, 346, 476

RHSA: 2026:73428

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