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SCA: security update for netmask (GHSA-4c7m-wxvm-r7gc)

critical Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 410099

Description

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

 - Improper input validation of octal strings in netmask npm package v1.0.6 and below allows unauthenticated
 remote attackers to perform indeterminate SSRF, RFI, and LFI attacks on many of the dependent packages. A
 remote unauthenticated attacker can bypass packages relying on netmask to filter IPs and reach critical
 VPN or LAN hosts. (CVE-2021-28918)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-4c7m-wxvm-r7gc

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 410099

Version: Revision 1.2

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 1/23/2025

Updated: 1/29/2025

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.3

Percentile: 53.04

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.4

Temporal Score: 5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-28918

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.1

Temporal Score: 8.2

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

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

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/14/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/29/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-28918

cwe: CWE-20