Amazon Linux 2023 Security Advisory: ALAS2023-2025-1123
Advisory Released Date: 2025-08-08
Advisory Updated Date: 2025-08-08
Severity:
Medium
Issue Overview:
A vulnerability was found in juliangruber brace-expansion up to 1.1.11/2.0.1/3.0.0/4.0.0. It has been rated as problematic. Affected by this issue is the function expand of the file index.js. The manipulation leads to inefficient regular expression complexity. The attack may be launched remotely. The complexity of an attack is rather high. The exploitation is known to be difficult. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. Upgrading to version 1.1.12, 2.0.2, 3.0.1 and 4.0.1 is able to address this issue. The name of the patch is a5b98a4f30d7813266b221435e1eaaf25a1b0ac5. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component. (CVE-2025-5889)
Affected Packages:
nodejs
Issue Correction:
Run dnf update nodejs --releasever 2023.8.20250808 or dnf update --advisory ALAS2023-2025-1123 --releasever 2023.8.20250808 to update your system.
More information on how to update your system can be found on this page: Amazon Linux 2023 documentation
New Packages:
aarch64:
nodejs-debuginfo-18.20.8-1.amzn2023.0.2.aarch64
v8-10.2-devel-10.2.154.26-1.18.20.8.1.amzn2023.0.2.aarch64
nodejs-libs-debuginfo-18.20.8-1.amzn2023.0.2.aarch64
nodejs-devel-18.20.8-1.amzn2023.0.2.aarch64
nodejs-full-i18n-18.20.8-1.amzn2023.0.2.aarch64
nodejs-18.20.8-1.amzn2023.0.2.aarch64
nodejs-libs-18.20.8-1.amzn2023.0.2.aarch64
nodejs-npm-10.8.2-1.18.20.8.1.amzn2023.0.2.aarch64
nodejs-debugsource-18.20.8-1.amzn2023.0.2.aarch64
noarch:
nodejs-docs-18.20.8-1.amzn2023.0.2.noarch
src:
nodejs-18.20.8-1.amzn2023.0.2.src
x86_64:
nodejs-libs-debuginfo-18.20.8-1.amzn2023.0.2.x86_64
nodejs-debuginfo-18.20.8-1.amzn2023.0.2.x86_64
nodejs-devel-18.20.8-1.amzn2023.0.2.x86_64
nodejs-18.20.8-1.amzn2023.0.2.x86_64
nodejs-full-i18n-18.20.8-1.amzn2023.0.2.x86_64
v8-10.2-devel-10.2.154.26-1.18.20.8.1.amzn2023.0.2.x86_64
nodejs-libs-18.20.8-1.amzn2023.0.2.x86_64
nodejs-npm-10.8.2-1.18.20.8.1.amzn2023.0.2.x86_64
nodejs-debugsource-18.20.8-1.amzn2023.0.2.x86_64