RockyLinux 9 : nodejs:24 (RLSA-2026:73838)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 351439

Synopsis

The remote RockyLinux host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote RockyLinux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RLSA-2026:73838 advisory.

* 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):

* nodejs:24/nodejs: Rebase to the latest Node.js 24 release [rhel-9.8.z] (JIRA:Rocky Linux-249189)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the RockyLinux 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 nodejs-nodemon, nodejs-packaging and / or nodejs-packaging-bundler packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 351439

File Name: rocky_linux_RLSA-2026-73838.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Family: Rocky Linux Local Security Checks

Published: 9/30/2026

Updated: 9/30/2026

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.3

Percentile: 53.48

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:rocky:linux:9, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:nodejs-nodemon, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:nodejs-packaging-bundler, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:nodejs-packaging

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/30/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/4/2026

Reference Information

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

Detections

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