[UPDATE] [medium] Red Hat Enterprise Linux (node.js): Multiple vulnerabilities

mediumCVE-2025-31498 CVE-2025-3277

A remote, anonymous attacker can exploit multiple vulnerabilities in Red Hat Enterprise Linux to perform a denial of service attack or execute arbitrary code.

CSIRTS triage

vendor: Red Hat product: Enterprise Linux Denial of service Remote code execution

What: Multiple vulnerabilities in Red Hat Enterprise Linux related to Node.js enable denial of service and arbitrary code execution.
Who is affected: RHEL deployments using Node.js are affected.
Urgency: Medium severity; remote exploitation with ability to disrupt service or execute code.
Action: Update RHEL Node.js packages to versions containing fixes for CVE-2025-31498 and CVE-2025-3277.

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Details

Source: CERT-Bund (BSI) Security Advisories (DE · national-cert · site)
Severity: medium
Published: 2026-08-03
Exploitation: Not in CISA KEV at last sync
Language: Machine-translated to English — verify against the original

Original advisory: https://wid.cert-bund.de/portal/wid/securityadvisory?name=WID-SEC-2025-0943

Exploitation outlook

EPSS (FIRST.org) estimates each CVE’s probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — here is the CSIRTS.com read on those numbers.

Low exploitation riskCVE-2025-314980.58% 30-day exploitation probability — currently an unlikely target, but scores change as exploit code circulates. Riskier than 44% of all EPSS-scored CVEs.
Low exploitation riskCVE-2025-32770.77% 30-day exploitation probability — currently an unlikely target, but scores change as exploit code circulates. Riskier than 52% of all EPSS-scored CVEs.

Referenced CVEs

CVE	CSIRTS overview	External
CVE-2025-31498	coverage & exploitation status	NVD · CVE.org
CVE-2025-3277	coverage & exploitation status	NVD · CVE.org

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