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RHEL 8 : nodejs:24 (RHSA-2026:92376)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 373945

Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2026:92376 advisory.

 Node.js is a software development platform for building fast and scalable network applications in the JavaScript programming language.

 Security Fix(es):

 * ip-address: ip-address: Denial of Service via unbounded IPv6 address parsing (CVE-2026-101911)

 * brace-expansion: brace-expansion: Denial of Service via uncontrolled recursion in nested brace patterns (CVE-2026-102278)

 * brace-expansion: brace-expansion: Denial of Service via crafted brace patterns (CVE-2026-102277)

 * brace-expansion: brace-expansion: Denial of Service via stack exhaustion from crafted brace patterns (CVE-2026-102276)

 * brotli: Out-of-Bounds Write in Google Brotli Decoder (CVE-2026-111497)

 * nodejs: nodejs: TLS certificate hostname bypass via fullwidth-digit IP hostnames (CVE-2026-105483)

 * nodejs: nodejs: TLS certificate hostname bypass via non-canonical IP hostnames (CVE-2026-106069)

 * nodejs: nodejs: dns.resolve truncates hostnames containing a NUL character (CVE-2026-105482)

 * nodejs: nodejs: predictable random values via snapshot entropy cache reuse (CVE-2026-106074)

 * nodejs: nodejs: Permission model bypass via wildcard path matching flaw (CVE-2026-106071)

 * nodejs: nodejs: Response desynchronization via improper HTTP keep-alive connection reuse (CVE-2026-105481)

 * nodejs: Node.js: Filesystem read permission bypass via fs.realpathSync() (CVE-2026-106073)

 * nodejs: nodejs: Authentication bypass via non-canonical IPv4 hostname verification (CVE-2026-106072)

 Bug Fix(es) and Enhancement(s):

 * nodejs:24/nodejs: Rebase to the latest Node.js 24 release [rhel-8] (JIRA:RHEL-289763)

 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.

See Also

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:92376

https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2542596

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2542700

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2542706

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2542707

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2558973

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2559870

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2559873

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2559875

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2560016

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2560018

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2560019

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2560021

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2560022

https://issues.redhat.com/browse/RHEL-289763

http://www.nessus.org/u?ea6aee73

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 373945

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2026-92376.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Published: 10/30/2026

Updated: 10/30/2026

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: Critical

Score: 9.4

Percentile: 99.83

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Important

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 8.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-111497

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 9.4

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:H/RL:O/RC:C

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.2

Threat Score: 9.2

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:A

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8, cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_eus:8.10, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:nodejs-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:nodejs-docs, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:nodejs-full-i18n, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:nodejs-libs, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:nodejs-nodemon, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:nodejs-packaging-bundler, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:nodejs-packaging, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:nodejs, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:npm, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:v8-13.6-devel

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/29/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/28/2026

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability Due Dates: 11/10/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-101911, CVE-2026-102276, CVE-2026-102277, CVE-2026-102278, CVE-2026-105481, CVE-2026-105482, CVE-2026-105483, CVE-2026-106069, CVE-2026-106071, CVE-2026-106072, CVE-2026-106073, CVE-2026-106074, CVE-2026-111497

CWE: 158, 284, 295, 297, 335, 367, 425, 606, 770, 787

IAVA: 2026-A-1200

RHSA: 2026:92376