# CVE-2022-38900: nodejs: Node.js is a software development platform for building fast and scalable network applications in the JavaScript prog... CVE-2022-38900 is fixed in 9 products on 1 platform, first by RHSA-2023:1743, released April 12, 2023. It is not reported as exploited. Patch Radar priority: High. - Web page: https://patchblox.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-38900 - Priority: High - CVSS: 7.5 (Important) - EPSS: 0.2361 - CISA KEV: not listed - Exploited (vendor report): no - Publicly disclosed: no - Published: Apr 12, 2023 ## 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 (14.21.3). Security Fix(es): * decode-uri-component: improper input validation resulting in DoS (CVE-2022-38900) * glob-parent: Regular Expression Denial of Service (CVE-2021-35065) * nodejs-minimatch: ReDoS via the braceExpand function (CVE-2022-3517) * c-ares: buffer overflow in config_sortlist() due to missing string length check (CVE-2022-4904) * http-cache-semantics: Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) vulnerability (CVE-2022-25881) * Node.js: Permissions policies can be bypassed via process.mainModule (CVE-2023-23918) * Node.js: insecure loading of ICU data through ICU_DATA environment variable (CVE-2023-23920) 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 | 1:14.21.3-1.module+el8.7.0+18531+81d21ca6 | [RHSA-2023:1743](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/rhsa-2023-1743.md) | Apr 12, 2023 | | Linux | nodejs almalinux 8 | 1:14.21.3-1.module_el8.7.0+3551+53700ee8 | [ALSA-2023:1743](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/alsa-2023-1743.md) | Apr 12, 2023 | | Linux | nodejs ol 8 | 1:14.21.3-1.module+el8.7.0+21031+52889874 | [ELSA-2023-1743](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2023-1743.md) | Apr 12, 2023 | | Linux | nodejs rocky 8 | 1:14.21.3-1.module+el8.7.0+1183+c2c35f0a | [RLSA-2023:1743](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/rlsa-2023-1743.md) | Apr 26, 2023 | | Linux | nodejs-devel RHEL 8 | 1:14.21.3-1.module+el8.7.0+18531+81d21ca6 | [RHSA-2023:1743](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/rhsa-2023-1743.md) | Apr 12, 2023 | | Linux | nodejs-devel almalinux 8 | 1:14.21.3-1.module_el8.7.0+3551+53700ee8 | [ALSA-2023:1743](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/alsa-2023-1743.md) | Apr 12, 2023 | | Linux | nodejs-devel ol 8 | 1:14.21.3-1.module+el8.7.0+21031+52889874 | [ELSA-2023-1743](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2023-1743.md) | Apr 12, 2023 | | Linux | nodejs-docs RHEL 8 | 1:14.21.3-1.module+el8.7.0+18531+81d21ca6 | [RHSA-2023:1743](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/rhsa-2023-1743.md) | Apr 12, 2023 | | Linux | nodejs-docs almalinux 8 | 1:14.21.3-1.module_el8.7.0+3551+53700ee8 | [ALSA-2023:1743](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/alsa-2023-1743.md) | Apr 12, 2023 | | Linux | nodejs-docs ol 8 | 1:14.21.3-1.module+el8.7.0+21031+52889874 | [ELSA-2023-1743](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2023-1743.md) | Apr 12, 2023 | | Linux | nodejs-full-i18n RHEL 8 | 1:14.21.3-1.module+el8.7.0+18531+81d21ca6 | [RHSA-2023:1743](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/rhsa-2023-1743.md) | Apr 12, 2023 | | Linux | nodejs-full-i18n almalinux 8 | 1:14.21.3-1.module_el8.7.0+3551+53700ee8 | [ALSA-2023:1743](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/alsa-2023-1743.md) | Apr 12, 2023 | | Linux | nodejs-full-i18n ol 8 | 1:14.21.3-1.module+el8.7.0+21031+52889874 | [ELSA-2023-1743](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2023-1743.md) | Apr 12, 2023 | | Linux | nodejs-nodemon RHEL 8 | 0:2.0.20-3.module+el8.7.0+18531+81d21ca6 | [RHSA-2023:1743](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/rhsa-2023-1743.md) | Apr 12, 2023 | | Linux | nodejs-nodemon almalinux 8 | 2.0.20-3.module_el8.7.0+3551+53700ee8 | [ALSA-2023:1743](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/alsa-2023-1743.md) | Apr 12, 2023 | | Linux | nodejs-nodemon ol 8 | 0:2.0.20-3.module+el8.7.0+21031+52889874 | [ELSA-2023-1743](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2023-1743.md) | Apr 12, 2023 | | Linux | nodejs-nodemon rocky 8 | 0:2.0.20-3.module+el8.7.0+1178+d52dba78 | [RLSA-2023:1743](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/rlsa-2023-1743.md) | Apr 26, 2023 | | Linux | nodejs-packaging RHEL 8 | 0:23-3.module+el8.3.0+6519+9f98ed83 | [RHSA-2023:1743](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/rhsa-2023-1743.md) | Apr 12, 2023 | | Linux | nodejs-packaging almalinux 8 | 23-3.module_el8.4.0+2522+3bd42762 | [ALSA-2023:1743](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/alsa-2023-1743.md) | Apr 12, 2023 | | Linux | nodejs-packaging ol 8 | 0:23-3.module+el8.3.0+7818+6cd30d85 | [ELSA-2023-1743](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2023-1743.md) | Apr 12, 2023 | | Linux | nodejs-packaging rocky 8 | 0:23-3.module+el8.7.0+1071+4bdda2a8 | [RLSA-2023:1743](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/rlsa-2023-1743.md) | Apr 26, 2023 | | Linux | npm RHEL 8 | 1:6.14.18-1.14.21.3.1.module+el8.7.0+18531+81d21ca6 | [RHSA-2023:1743](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/rhsa-2023-1743.md) | Apr 12, 2023 | | Linux | npm almalinux 8 | 1:6.14.18-1.14.21.3.1.module_el8.7.0+3551+53700ee8 | [ALSA-2023:1743](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/alsa-2023-1743.md) | Apr 12, 2023 | | Linux | npm ol 8 | 1:6.14.18-1.14.21.3.1.module+el8.7.0+21031+52889874 | [ELSA-2023-1743](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2023-1743.md) | Apr 12, 2023 | | Linux | pcs RHEL 9 | 0:0.11.6-3.el9 | [RHSA-2023:6316](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/rhsa-2023-6316.md) | Nov 7, 2023 | | Linux | pcs almalinux 9 | 0.11.6-3.el9 | [ALSA-2023:6316](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/alsa-2023-6316.md) | Nov 7, 2023 | | Linux | pcs ol 9 | 0:0.11.6-3.el9 | [ELSA-2023-6316](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2023-6316.md) | Nov 12, 2023 | | Linux | pcs-snmp RHEL 9 | 0:0.11.6-3.el9 | [RHSA-2023:6316](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/rhsa-2023-6316.md) | Nov 7, 2023 | | Linux | pcs-snmp almalinux 9 | 0.11.6-3.el9 | [ALSA-2023:6316](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/alsa-2023-6316.md) | Nov 7, 2023 | | Linux | pcs-snmp ol 9 | 0:0.11.6-3.el9 | [ELSA-2023-6316](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2023-6316.md) | Nov 12, 2023 | --- Data as of 2026-11-08T13:06:02Z UTC. 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