RHSA-2023:5360 — Security Advisory
Red Hat Security Advisory: nodejs:16 security, bug fix, and enhancement update
Severity
ImportantRed Hat Product Security
Products
Official CSAF product identity
Published · September 26, 2023
Updated · October 23, 2026
Topic
An update for the nodejs:16 module is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.
Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section.
Description
Node.js is a software development platform for building fast and scalable network applications in the JavaScript programming language.
The following packages have been upgraded to a later upstream version: nodejs (16). (BZ#2233891)
Security Fix(es):
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nodejs: Permissions policies can be bypassed via Module._load (CVE-2023-32002)
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nodejs-semver: Regular expression denial of service (CVE-2022-25883)
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nodejs: Permissions policies can impersonate other modules in using module.constructor.createRequire() (CVE-2023-32006)
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nodejs: Permissions policies can be bypassed via process.binding (CVE-2023-32559)
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.
Bug Fix(es):
- nodejs:16/nodejs: nodejs.prov doesn't generate the bundled dependency for modules starting @ like @colors/colors (BZ#2237394)