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SCA: security update for web3-utils (GHSA-2g4c-8fpm-c46v)

high Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 408898

Description

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

 - Versions of the package web3-utils before 4.2.1 are vulnerable to Prototype Pollution via the utility
 functions format and mergeDeep, due to insecure recursive merge. An attacker can manipulate an object's
 prototype, potentially leading to the alteration of the behavior of all objects inheriting from the
 affected prototype by passing specially crafted input to these functions. (CVE-2024-21505)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-2g4c-8fpm-c46v

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 408898

Version: Revision 1.4

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 1/23/2025

Updated: 7/2/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.92

Vendor

Vendor Severity: High

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 5.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-21505

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

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

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

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/27/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/25/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-21505