Release: Elastic Beanstalk Amazon Linux 2023 Node.js platform updates on May 01, 2024 - AWS Elastic Beanstalk
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Release: Elastic Beanstalk Amazon Linux 2023 Node.js platform updates on May 01, 2024

This release is an emergent AWS Elastic Beanstalk Node.js platform update for Amazon Linux 2023. It addresses a security vulnerability and also updates Apache HTTP server on the Node.js AL2023 platforms.

Release date: May 01, 2024

Changes

The following table lists the changes included in this release.

Notes

  • These release notes focus on changes to currently supported platform branches. For full version information of Elastic Beanstalk retiring (deprecated) platform branches, see Elastic Beanstalk platform versions scheduled for retirement in the AWS Elastic Beanstalk Platforms guide.

  • Be aware that at the time these release notes are published, the new platform versions might not yet be available in all the AWS Regions that Elastic Beanstalk supports. It might take a few hours for the release to complete.

Category Description

Security updates

Applied all security updates published in the Amazon Linux Security Center on or before April 25, 2024 to all AL2023 platforms.

Applied security updates that address CVE-2024-27983 to the Node.js AL2023 platform branches.

Cross-platform updates

Made these cross-platform updates:

Component Update

AMI

Updated the base AMI to version 2023.4.20240429.

Platform-specific updates

Made these platform-specific updates:

Platform Update

Node.js

Language runtime updates

  • Updated Node.js 20 to version 20.12.2.

  • For Node.js 18, the security updates were backported to the existing 18.18.2 language release on the platform branch.

This Node.js update is a security release.

Apache HTTP Server

  • Updated Apache HTTP Server 2.4 to version 2.4.59. For details, see Changes with Apache 2.4.59 on the Apache Software Foundation website.

This Apache update is security release.

New platform versions

These platforms are updated:

Node.js

Platform Version and Solution Stack Name

AMI

Node.js versions (npm versions)

Proxy Server

Git

AWS X-Ray

Node.js 20 AL2023 version 6.1.4

64bit Amazon Linux 2023 v6.1.4 running Node.js 20

2023.4.20240429

20.12.2 (10.5.0)

Default version: 20.12.2

nginx 1.24.0 (default), Apache 2.4.59

2.40.1

3.2.0

Node.js 18 AL2023 version 6.1.4

64bit Amazon Linux 2023 v6.1.4 running Node.js 18

2023.4.20240429

18.18.2 (9.8.1)

Default version: 18.18.2

nginx 1.24.0 (default), Apache 2.4.59

2.40.1

3.2.0