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RHEL 9 : nodejs:26 (RHSA-2026:98522)
critical Nessus Plugin ID 378813
Synopsis
The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates.Description
The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2026:98522 advisory.Node.js is a software development platform for building fast and scalable network applications in the JavaScript programming language.
Security Fix(es):
* 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 stack exhaustion from crafted brace patterns (CVE-2026-102276)
* undici: undici: Denial of Service via unhandled stream error on excessive content encodings (CVE-2026-109869)
* undici: undici: Denial of Service via TLS renegotiation with mismatched certificate (CVE-2026-87018)
* undici: undici: Certificate validation bypass via dropped TLS options in Agent (CVE-2026-109383)
* undici: undici: Cache poisoning and information disclosure via improper cross-origin redirect caching (CVE-2026-109829)
* 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)
Bug Fix(es) and Enhancement(s):
* nodejs:26/nodejs: Rebase to the latest Node.js 26 release [rhel-9.9] (JIRA:RHEL-289767)
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-2026:98522
https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2542700
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2542707
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2553656
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2553677
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2553678
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2553679
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
Plugin Details
Severity: Critical
ID: 378813
File Name: redhat-RHSA-2026-98522.nasl
Version: 1.1
Type: Local
Agent: unix
Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks
Published: 11/11/2026
Updated: 11/11/2026
Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Continuous Assessment, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Critical
Score: 9.5
Percentile: 99.88
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:9, 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:v8-14.6-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: 11/11/2026
Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/28/2026
CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability Due Dates: 11/10/2026
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2026-102276, CVE-2026-102278, CVE-2026-105482, CVE-2026-105483, CVE-2026-106069, CVE-2026-109383, CVE-2026-109829, CVE-2026-109869, CVE-2026-111497, CVE-2026-87018