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Alpine: libnjs, multiple njs packages: security update to 0.7.1-r0

critical Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 405775

Description

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

 - njs through 0.7.0, used in NGINX, was discovered to contain an out-of-bounds array access via
 njs_vmcode_typeof in /src/njs_vmcode.c. (CVE-2021-46461)

See Also

https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2021-46461

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 405775

Version: Revision 1.26

Type: Local

Published: 10/31/2023

Updated: 12/4/2025

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.9

Percentile: 57.15

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.9

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-46461

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/14/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-46461