zx is a tool for writing better scripts. An attacker with control over environment variable values can inject unintended environment variables into `process.env`. This can lead to arbitrary command execution or unexpected behavior in applications that rely on environment variables for security-sensitive operations. Applications that process untrusted input and pass it through `dotenv.stringify` are particularly vulnerable. This issue has been patched in version 8.3.2. Users should immediately upgrade to this version to mitigate the vulnerability. If upgrading is not feasible, users can mitigate the vulnerability by sanitizing user-controlled environment variable values before passing them to `dotenv.stringify`. Specifically, avoid using `"`, `'`, and backticks in values, or enforce strict validation of environment variables before usage.

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available.

  - zx is a tool for writing better scripts. An attacker with control over environment variable values can     inject unintended environment variables into `process.env`. This can lead to arbitrary command execution     or unexpected behavior in applications that rely on environment variables for security-sensitive     operations. Applications that process untrusted input and pass it through `dotenv.stringify` are     particularly vulnerable. This issue has been patched in version 8.3.2. Users should immediately upgrade to     this version to mitigate the vulnerability. If upgrading is not feasible, users can mitigate the     vulnerability by sanitizing user-controlled environment variable values before passing them to     `dotenv.stringify`. Specifically, avoid using ``, `'`, and backticks in values, or enforce strict     validation of environment variables before usage. (CVE-2025-24959)

Note that Nessus relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor.

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

  - zx is a tool for writing better scripts. An attacker with control over environment variable values can
    inject unintended environment variables into `process.env`. This can lead to arbitrary command execution
    or unexpected behavior in applications that rely on environment variables for security-sensitive
    operations. Applications that process untrusted input and pass it through `dotenv.stringify` are
    particularly vulnerable. This issue has been patched in version 8.3.2. Users should immediately upgrade to
    this version to mitigate the vulnerability. If upgrading is not feasible, users can mitigate the
    vulnerability by sanitizing user-controlled environment variable values before passing them to
    `dotenv.stringify`. Specifically, avoid using `"`, `'`, and backticks in values, or enforce strict
    validation of environment variables before usage. (CVE-2025-24959)

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
261475	Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2025-24959	Nessus	Misc.	low
420817	SCA: security update for zx (GHSA-qwp8-x4ff-5h87)	Tenable Cloud Security	SCA Checks	low
420817	SCA: security update for zx (GHSA-qwp8-x4ff-5h87)	Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security	SCA Checks	low

Detections

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CVE-2025-24959

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Tenable Plugins

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