# Security update for nodejs18

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2024:4301-1  
Release Date: 2024-12-12T08:10:45Z  
Rating: moderate  
References:

  * bsc#1233856

  
Cross-References:

  * CVE-2024-21538

  
CVSS scores:

  * CVE-2024-21538 ( SUSE ):  5.6
    CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
  * CVE-2024-21538 ( SUSE ):  5.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  * CVE-2024-21538 ( NVD ):  7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

  
Affected Products:

  * openSUSE Leap 15.4
  * openSUSE Leap 15.5
  * SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5
  * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5
  * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP5
  * Web and Scripting Module 15-SP5

  
  
An update that solves one vulnerability can now be installed.

## Description:

This update for nodejs18 fixes the following issues:

  * CVE-2024-21538: Fixed regular expression denial of service in cross-spawn
    dependency (bsc#1233856)

Other fixes: \- Update to 18.20.5 * esm: mark import attributes and JSON module
as stable * deps: \+ upgrade npm to 10.8.2 \+ update simdutf to 5.6.0 \+ update
brotli to 1.1.0 \+ update ada to 2.8.0 \+ update acorn to 8.13.0 \+ update
acorn-walk to 8.3.4 \+ update c-ares to 1.29.0

## Patch Instructions:

To install this SUSE update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like
YaST online_update or "zypper patch".  
Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

  * openSUSE Leap 15.4  
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-2024-4301=1

  * openSUSE Leap 15.5  
    zypper in -t patch openSUSE-SLE-15.5-2024-4301=1

  * Web and Scripting Module 15-SP5  
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Web-Scripting-15-SP5-2024-4301=1

## Package List:

  * openSUSE Leap 15.4 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64 i586)
    * corepack18-18.20.5-150400.9.30.1
    * nodejs18-devel-18.20.5-150400.9.30.1
    * nodejs18-debugsource-18.20.5-150400.9.30.1
    * npm18-18.20.5-150400.9.30.1
    * nodejs18-debuginfo-18.20.5-150400.9.30.1
    * nodejs18-18.20.5-150400.9.30.1
  * openSUSE Leap 15.4 (noarch)
    * nodejs18-docs-18.20.5-150400.9.30.1
  * openSUSE Leap 15.5 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    * corepack18-18.20.5-150400.9.30.1
    * nodejs18-devel-18.20.5-150400.9.30.1
    * nodejs18-debugsource-18.20.5-150400.9.30.1
    * npm18-18.20.5-150400.9.30.1
    * nodejs18-debuginfo-18.20.5-150400.9.30.1
    * nodejs18-18.20.5-150400.9.30.1
  * openSUSE Leap 15.5 (noarch)
    * nodejs18-docs-18.20.5-150400.9.30.1
  * Web and Scripting Module 15-SP5 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    * nodejs18-debugsource-18.20.5-150400.9.30.1
    * nodejs18-devel-18.20.5-150400.9.30.1
    * npm18-18.20.5-150400.9.30.1
    * nodejs18-debuginfo-18.20.5-150400.9.30.1
    * nodejs18-18.20.5-150400.9.30.1
  * Web and Scripting Module 15-SP5 (noarch)
    * nodejs18-docs-18.20.5-150400.9.30.1

## References:

  * https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-21538.html
  * https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1233856