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SCA: security update for node-windows (GHSA-53xv-c2hx-5w6q)

critical Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 410544

Description

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

 - lib/cmd.js in the node-windows package before 1.0.0-beta.6 for Node.js allows command injection via the
 PID parameter. (CVE-2021-45459)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-53xv-c2hx-5w6q

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 410544

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: Medium

Score: 6.9

Percentile: 97.35

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Critical

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-2021-45459

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

Patch Publication Date: 1/5/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/22/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-45459

cwe: CWE-77