Vega is a visualization grammar, a declarative format for creating, saving, and sharing interactive visualization designs. Prior to versions 6.1.2 and 5.6.3, applications meeting two conditions are at risk of arbitrary JavaScript code execution, even if "safe mode" expressionInterpreter is used. First, they use `vega` in an application that attaches both `vega` library and a `vega.View` instance similar to the Vega Editor to the global `window`, or has any other satisfactory function gadgets in the global scope. Second, they allow user-defined Vega `JSON` definitions (vs JSON that was is only provided through source code). This vulnerability allows for DOM XSS, potentially stored, potentially reflected, depending on how the library is being used. The vulnerability requires user interaction with the page to trigger. An attacker can exploit this issue by tricking a user into opening a malicious Vega specification. Successful exploitation allows the attacker to execute arbitrary JavaScript in the context of the application’s domain. This can lead to theft of sensitive information such as authentication tokens, manipulation of data displayed to the user, or execution of unauthorized actions on behalf of the victim. This exploit compromises confidentiality and integrity of impacted applications.Patched versions are available in `vega-selections@6.1.2` (requires ESM) for Vega v6 and `vega-selections@5.6.3` (no ESM needed) for Vega v5. As a workaround, do not attach `vega` or `vega.View` instances to global variables or the window as the editor used to do. This is a development-only debugging practice that should not be used in any situation where Vega/Vega-lite definitions can come from untrusted parties.

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

  - Vega is a visualization grammar, a declarative format for creating, saving, and sharing interactive     visualization designs. Prior to versions 6.1.2 and 5.6.3, applications meeting two conditions are at risk     of arbitrary JavaScript code execution, even if safe mode expressionInterpreter is used. First, they use     `vega` in an application that attaches both `vega` library and a `vega.View` instance similar to the Vega     Editor to the global `window`, or has any other satisfactory function gadgets in the global scope. Second,     they allow user-defined Vega `JSON` definitions (vs JSON that was is only provided through source code).
    This vulnerability allows for DOM XSS, potentially stored, potentially reflected, depending on how the     library is being used. The vulnerability requires user interaction with the page to trigger. An attacker     can exploit this issue by tricking a user into opening a malicious Vega specification. Successful     exploitation allows the attacker to execute arbitrary JavaScript in the context of the application's     domain. This can lead to theft of sensitive information such as authentication tokens, manipulation of     data displayed to the user, or execution of unauthorized actions on behalf of the victim. This exploit     compromises confidentiality and integrity of impacted applications.Patched versions are available in     `vega-selections@6.1.2` (requires ESM) for Vega v6 and `vega-selections@5.6.3` (no ESM needed) for Vega     v5. As a workaround, do not attach `vega` or `vega.View` instances to global variables or the window as     the editor used to do. This is a development-only debugging practice that should not be used in any     situation where Vega/Vega-lite definitions can come from untrusted parties. (CVE-2025-65110)

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

  - Vega is a visualization grammar, a declarative format for creating, saving, and sharing interactive
    visualization designs. Prior to versions 6.1.2 and 5.6.3, applications meeting two conditions are at risk
    of arbitrary JavaScript code execution, even if "safe mode" expressionInterpreter is used. First, they use
    `vega` in an application that attaches both `vega` library and a `vega.View` instance similar to the Vega
    Editor to the global `window`, or has any other satisfactory function gadgets in the global scope. Second,
    they allow user-defined Vega `JSON` definitions (vs JSON that was is only provided through source code).
    This vulnerability allows for DOM XSS, potentially stored, potentially reflected, depending on how the
    library is being used. The vulnerability requires user interaction with the page to trigger. An attacker
    can exploit this issue by tricking a user into opening a malicious Vega specification. Successful
    exploitation allows the attacker to execute arbitrary JavaScript in the context of the application’s
    domain. This can lead to theft of sensitive information such as authentication tokens, manipulation of
    data displayed to the user, or execution of unauthorized actions on behalf of the victim. This exploit
    compromises confidentiality and integrity of impacted applications.Patched versions are available in
    `vega-selections@6.1.2` (requires ESM) for Vega v6 and `vega-selections@5.6.3` (no ESM needed) for Vega
    v5. As a workaround, do not attach `vega` or `vega.View` instances to global variables or the window as
    the editor used to do. This is a development-only debugging practice that should not be used in any
    situation where Vega/Vega-lite definitions can come from untrusted parties. (CVE-2025-65110)

ID	Name	Product	Family	Type	Severity
282586	Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2025-65110	Nessus	Misc.	Local	critical
436577	SCA: security update for vega-selections (GHSA-829q-m3qg-ph8r)	Tenable Cloud Security	SCA Checks	Local	critical
436577	SCA: security update for vega-selections (GHSA-829q-m3qg-ph8r)	Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security	SCA Checks	Local	critical

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