Important: nodejs:16 security, bug fix, and enhancement update

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 (16). (BZ#2233891)

Security Fix(es):

• nodejs: Permissions policies can be bypassed via Module._load (CVE-2023-32002)
• nodejs-semver: Regular expression denial of service (CVE-2022-25883)
• nodejs: Permissions policies can impersonate other modules in using module.constructor.createRequire() (CVE-2023-32006)
• nodejs: Permissions policies can be bypassed via process.binding (CVE-2023-32559)

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.

Bug Fix(es):

• nodejs:16/nodejs: nodejs.prov doesn’t generate the bundled dependency for modules starting @ like @colors/colors (BZ#2237394)