RHSA-2020:4272MediumCVSS 7.8

Red Hat Security Advisory: nodejs:12 security and bug fix update

Published
October 19, 2020
Last Modified
October 30, 2026

🔗 CVE IDs covered (4)

CVE-2020-15095 →CVE-2020-8116 →CVE-2020-8201 →CVE-2020-8252 →

📋 Description

CVE-2020-8116 — nodejs-dot-prop: prototype pollution CVE-2020-8201 — nodejs: HTTP request smuggling due to CR-to-Hyphen conversion CVE-2020-8252 — libuv: buffer overflow in realpath CVE-2020-15095 — npm: sensitive information exposure through logs

🎯 Affected products31

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8)
  • nodejs-1:12.18.4-2.module+el8.2.0+8361+192e434e.aarch64 (nodejs:12) as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8)
  • nodejs-1:12.18.4-2.module+el8.2.0+8361+192e434e.ppc64le (nodejs:12) as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8)
  • nodejs-1:12.18.4-2.module+el8.2.0+8361+192e434e.s390x (nodejs:12) as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8)
  • nodejs-1:12.18.4-2.module+el8.2.0+8361+192e434e.src (nodejs:12) as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8)
  • nodejs-1:12.18.4-2.module+el8.2.0+8361+192e434e.x86_64 (nodejs:12) as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8)
  • nodejs-debuginfo-1:12.18.4-2.module+el8.2.0+8361+192e434e.aarch64 (nodejs:12) as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8)
  • nodejs-debuginfo-1:12.18.4-2.module+el8.2.0+8361+192e434e.ppc64le (nodejs:12) as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8)
  • nodejs-debuginfo-1:12.18.4-2.module+el8.2.0+8361+192e434e.s390x (nodejs:12) as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8)
  • nodejs-debuginfo-1:12.18.4-2.module+el8.2.0+8361+192e434e.x86_64 (nodejs:12) as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8)
  • nodejs-debugsource-1:12.18.4-2.module+el8.2.0+8361+192e434e.aarch64 (nodejs:12) as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8)
  • nodejs-debugsource-1:12.18.4-2.module+el8.2.0+8361+192e434e.ppc64le (nodejs:12) as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8)
  • nodejs-debugsource-1:12.18.4-2.module+el8.2.0+8361+192e434e.s390x (nodejs:12) as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8)
  • nodejs-debugsource-1:12.18.4-2.module+el8.2.0+8361+192e434e.x86_64 (nodejs:12) as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8)
  • nodejs-devel-1:12.18.4-2.module+el8.2.0+8361+192e434e.aarch64 (nodejs:12) as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8)
  • nodejs-devel-1:12.18.4-2.module+el8.2.0+8361+192e434e.ppc64le (nodejs:12) as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8)
  • nodejs-devel-1:12.18.4-2.module+el8.2.0+8361+192e434e.s390x (nodejs:12) as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8)
  • nodejs-devel-1:12.18.4-2.module+el8.2.0+8361+192e434e.x86_64 (nodejs:12) as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8)
  • nodejs-docs-1:12.18.4-2.module+el8.2.0+8361+192e434e.noarch (nodejs:12) as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8)
  • nodejs-full-i18n-1:12.18.4-2.module+el8.2.0+8361+192e434e.aarch64 (nodejs:12) as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8)
  • nodejs-full-i18n-1:12.18.4-2.module+el8.2.0+8361+192e434e.ppc64le (nodejs:12) as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8)
  • nodejs-full-i18n-1:12.18.4-2.module+el8.2.0+8361+192e434e.s390x (nodejs:12) as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8)
  • nodejs-full-i18n-1:12.18.4-2.module+el8.2.0+8361+192e434e.x86_64 (nodejs:12) as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8)
  • nodejs-nodemon-0:1.18.3-1.module+el8.1.0+3369+37ae6a45.noarch (nodejs:12) as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8)
  • nodejs-nodemon-0:1.18.3-1.module+el8.1.0+3369+37ae6a45.src (nodejs:12) as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8)
  • nodejs-packaging-0:17-3.module+el8.1.0+3369+37ae6a45.noarch (nodejs:12) as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8)
  • nodejs-packaging-0:17-3.module+el8.1.0+3369+37ae6a45.src (nodejs:12) as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8)
  • npm-1:6.14.6-1.12.18.4.2.module+el8.2.0+8361+192e434e.aarch64 (nodejs:12) as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8)
  • npm-1:6.14.6-1.12.18.4.2.module+el8.2.0+8361+192e434e.ppc64le (nodejs:12) as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8)
  • npm-1:6.14.6-1.12.18.4.2.module+el8.2.0+8361+192e434e.s390x (nodejs:12) as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8)
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✅ Remediation

For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258 Workaround: Do not provide a password to npm via the cli to avoid it from being entered into the logs and stdout, or use ssh instead.

🔗 References (8)