# CVE-2020-28469: nodejs: Node.js is a software development platform for building fast and scalable network applications in the JavaScript prog...

CVE-2020-28469 is fixed in 8 products on 1 platform, first by ELSA-2021-5171, released December 16, 2021. It is not reported as exploited. Patch Radar priority: High.

- Web page: https://patchblox.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-28469
- Priority: High
- CVSS: 9.8 (Moderate)
- EPSS: 0.0458
- CISA KEV: not listed
- Exploited (vendor report): no
- Publicly disclosed: no
- Published: Dec 16, 2021

## 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 (14.18.2), nodejs-nodemon (2.0.15). (BZ#2027609)  Security Fix(es):  * nodejs-json-schema: Prototype pollution vulnerability (CVE-2021-3918)  * nodejs-ini: Prototype pollution via malicious INI file (CVE-2020-7788)  * nodejs-glob-parent: Regular expression denial of service (CVE-2020-28469)  * nodejs-ansi-regex: Regular expression denial of service (ReDoS) matching ANSI escape codes (CVE-2021-3807)  * normalize-url: ReDoS for data URLs (CVE-2021-33502)  * nodejs-tar: Insufficient symlink protection due to directory cache poisoning using symbolic links allowing arbitrary file creation and overwrite (CVE-2021-37701)  * nodejs-tar: Insufficient symlink protection due to directory cache poisoning using symbolic links allowing arbitrary file creation and overwrite (CVE-2021-37712)  * llhttp: HTTP Request Smuggling due to spaces in headers (CVE-2021-22959)  * llhttp: HTTP Request Smuggling when parsing the body of chunked requests (CVE-2021-22960)  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.

## Where it's fixed

| Platform | Product | Fixed in | Fix | Released |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Linux | nodejs RHEL 8 | 1:14.18.2-2.module+el8.5.0+13644+8d46dafd | [RHSA-2022:0350](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/rhsa-2022-0350.md) | Feb 1, 2022 |
| Linux | nodejs RHEL 9 | 1:16.16.0-1.el9_0 | [RHSA-2022:6595](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/rhsa-2022-6595.md) | Sep 20, 2022 |
| Linux | nodejs almalinux 8 | 1:14.18.2-2.module_el8.5.0+2618+8d46dafd | [ALSA-2022:0350](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/alsa-2022-0350.md) | Feb 1, 2022 |
| Linux | nodejs almalinux 9 | 1:16.16.0-1.el9_0 | [ALSA-2022:6595](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/alsa-2022-6595.md) | Sep 20, 2022 |
| Linux | nodejs ol 8 | 1:16.13.1-3.0.1.module+el8.5.0+20457+52828f44 | [ELSA-2021-5171](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2021-5171.md) | Dec 16, 2021 |
| Linux | nodejs ol 9 | 1:16.16.0-1.el9_0 | [ELSA-2022-6595](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2022-6595.md) | Sep 22, 2022 |
| Linux | nodejs rocky 8 | 1:14.18.2-2.module+el8.5.0+733+de4fee6c | [RLSA-2022:0350](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/rlsa-2022-0350.md) | Feb 1, 2022 |
| Linux | nodejs-devel RHEL 8 | 1:14.18.2-2.module+el8.5.0+13644+8d46dafd | [RHSA-2022:0350](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/rhsa-2022-0350.md) | Feb 1, 2022 |
| Linux | nodejs-devel almalinux 8 | 1:14.18.2-2.module_el8.5.0+2618+8d46dafd | [ALSA-2022:0350](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/alsa-2022-0350.md) | Feb 1, 2022 |
| Linux | nodejs-devel ol 8 | 1:16.13.1-3.0.1.module+el8.5.0+20457+52828f44 | [ELSA-2021-5171](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2021-5171.md) | Dec 16, 2021 |
| Linux | nodejs-docs RHEL 8 | 1:14.18.2-2.module+el8.5.0+13644+8d46dafd | [RHSA-2022:0350](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/rhsa-2022-0350.md) | Feb 1, 2022 |
| Linux | nodejs-docs RHEL 9 | 1:16.16.0-1.el9_0 | [RHSA-2022:6595](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/rhsa-2022-6595.md) | Sep 20, 2022 |
| Linux | nodejs-docs almalinux 8 | 1:14.18.2-2.module_el8.5.0+2618+8d46dafd | [ALSA-2022:0350](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/alsa-2022-0350.md) | Feb 1, 2022 |
| Linux | nodejs-docs almalinux 9 | 1:16.16.0-1.el9_0 | [ALSA-2022:6595](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/alsa-2022-6595.md) | Sep 20, 2022 |
| Linux | nodejs-docs ol 8 | 1:16.13.1-3.0.1.module+el8.5.0+20457+52828f44 | [ELSA-2021-5171](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2021-5171.md) | Dec 16, 2021 |
| Linux | nodejs-docs ol 9 | 1:16.16.0-1.el9_0 | [ELSA-2022-6595](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2022-6595.md) | Sep 22, 2022 |
| Linux | nodejs-full-i18n RHEL 8 | 1:14.18.2-2.module+el8.5.0+13644+8d46dafd | [RHSA-2022:0350](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/rhsa-2022-0350.md) | Feb 1, 2022 |
| Linux | nodejs-full-i18n RHEL 9 | 1:16.16.0-1.el9_0 | [RHSA-2022:6595](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/rhsa-2022-6595.md) | Sep 20, 2022 |
| Linux | nodejs-full-i18n almalinux 8 | 1:14.18.2-2.module_el8.5.0+2618+8d46dafd | [ALSA-2022:0350](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/alsa-2022-0350.md) | Feb 1, 2022 |
| Linux | nodejs-full-i18n almalinux 9 | 1:16.16.0-1.el9_0 | [ALSA-2022:6595](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/alsa-2022-6595.md) | Sep 20, 2022 |
| Linux | nodejs-full-i18n ol 8 | 1:16.13.1-3.0.1.module+el8.5.0+20457+52828f44 | [ELSA-2021-5171](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2021-5171.md) | Dec 16, 2021 |
| Linux | nodejs-full-i18n ol 9 | 1:16.16.0-1.el9_0 | [ELSA-2022-6595](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2022-6595.md) | Sep 22, 2022 |
| Linux | nodejs-libs RHEL 9 | 1:16.16.0-1.el9_0 | [RHSA-2022:6595](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/rhsa-2022-6595.md) | Sep 20, 2022 |
| Linux | nodejs-libs almalinux 9 | 1:16.16.0-1.el9_0 | [ALSA-2022:6595](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/alsa-2022-6595.md) | Sep 20, 2022 |
| Linux | nodejs-libs ol 9 | 1:16.16.0-1.el9_0 | [ELSA-2022-6595](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2022-6595.md) | Sep 22, 2022 |
| Linux | nodejs-nodemon RHEL 8 | 0:2.0.15-1.module+el8.5.0+13504+a2e74d91 | [RHSA-2022:0350](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/rhsa-2022-0350.md) | Feb 1, 2022 |
| Linux | nodejs-nodemon RHEL 9 | 0:2.0.19-1.el9_0 | [RHSA-2022:6595](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/rhsa-2022-6595.md) | Sep 20, 2022 |
| Linux | nodejs-nodemon almalinux 8 | 2.0.15-1.module_el8.6.0+2904+f21ad6f4 | [ALSA-2022:0350](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/alsa-2022-0350.md) | Feb 1, 2022 |
| Linux | nodejs-nodemon almalinux 9 | 2.0.19-1.el9_0 | [ALSA-2022:6595](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/alsa-2022-6595.md) | Sep 20, 2022 |
| Linux | nodejs-nodemon ol 8 | 0:2.0.15-1.module+el8.5.0+20457+52828f44 | [ELSA-2021-5171](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2021-5171.md) | Dec 16, 2021 |
| Linux | nodejs-nodemon ol 9 | 0:2.0.19-1.el9_0 | [ELSA-2022-6595](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2022-6595.md) | Sep 22, 2022 |
| Linux | nodejs-nodemon rocky 8 | 0:2.0.15-1.module+el8.5.0+721+4c107270 | [RLSA-2022:0350](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/rlsa-2022-0350.md) | Feb 1, 2022 |
| Linux | nodejs-nodemon rocky 9 | 0:2.0.19-1.el9_0 | [RLSA-2022:6595](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/rlsa-2022-6595.md) | Sep 20, 2022 |
| Linux | nodejs-packaging RHEL 8 | 0:23-3.module+el8.3.0+6519+9f98ed83 | [RHSA-2022:0350](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/rhsa-2022-0350.md) | Feb 1, 2022 |
| Linux | nodejs-packaging almalinux 8 | 23-3.module_el8.5.0+2618+8d46dafd | [ALSA-2022:0350](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/alsa-2022-0350.md) | Feb 1, 2022 |
| Linux | nodejs-packaging ol 8 | 0:25-1.module+el8.5.0+20388+4b61e68d | [ELSA-2021-5171](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2021-5171.md) | Dec 16, 2021 |
| Linux | nodejs-packaging rocky 8 | 0:23-3.module+el8.7.0+1071+4bdda2a8 | [RLSA-2022:0350](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/rlsa-2022-0350.md) | Feb 1, 2022 |
| Linux | npm RHEL 8 | 1:6.14.15-1.14.18.2.2.module+el8.5.0+13644+8d46dafd | [RHSA-2022:0350](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/rhsa-2022-0350.md) | Feb 1, 2022 |
| Linux | npm RHEL 9 | 1:8.11.0-1.16.16.0.1.el9_0 | [RHSA-2022:6595](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/rhsa-2022-6595.md) | Sep 20, 2022 |
| Linux | npm almalinux 8 | 1:6.14.15-1.14.18.2.2.module_el8.5.0+2618+8d46dafd | [ALSA-2022:0350](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/alsa-2022-0350.md) | Feb 1, 2022 |
| Linux | npm almalinux 9 | 1:8.11.0-1.16.16.0.1.el9_0 | [ALSA-2022:6595](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/alsa-2022-6595.md) | Sep 20, 2022 |
| Linux | npm ol 8 | 1:8.1.2-1.16.13.1.3.0.1.module+el8.5.0+20457+52828f44 | [ELSA-2021-5171](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2021-5171.md) | Dec 16, 2021 |
| Linux | npm ol 9 | 1:8.11.0-1.16.16.0.1.el9_0 | [ELSA-2022-6595](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2022-6595.md) | Sep 22, 2022 |

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