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Oracle Linux 9 : nodejs:24 (ELSA-2026-96226)

high Nessus Plugin ID 377971

Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Oracle Linux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2026-96226 advisory.

 - Fix out-of-bounds write in bundled Brotli decoder [CVE-2026-111497]
 - Update brace-expansion from 5.0.6 to 5.0.9 to address CVE-2026-13149 (memory exhaustion via deeply chained brace groups). as well as CVE-2026-14257 (fixed in 5.0.8).
 - Fix for CVE-2026-69192 & CVE-2026-54272 : ip-address
 - Fix CVE-2026-59873, CVE-2026-59874 (node-tar) in npm's bundled tar
 - Fix CVE-2026-13149 (brace-expansion) in npm's bundled brace-expansion
 - CVE-2026-102278 nodejs-nodemon: brace-expansion: Denial of Service via uncontrolled recursion in nested brace patterns
 - CVE-2026-118764 nodejs-nodemon: minimatch: Denial of Service via crafted glob pattern expansion
 - CVE-2026-102276 nodejs-nodemon: brace-expansion: Denial of Service via stack exhaustion from crafted brace patterns
 - Fix CVE-2026-69152 - brace-expansion

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-2026-96226.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 377971

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2026-96226.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Published: 11/9/2026

Updated: 11/9/2026

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5

Percentile: 93.04

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9.4

Temporal Score: 7.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-109383

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.1

Temporal Score: 8.2

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:P/RL:O/RC:C

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.5

Threat Score: 7.1

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:P

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-119379

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:oracle:linux:9, 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: 11/9/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/4/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-102276, CVE-2026-102278, CVE-2026-109383, CVE-2026-109869, CVE-2026-118764, CVE-2026-119373, CVE-2026-119374, CVE-2026-119379, CVE-2026-19534, CVE-2026-87018