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SCA: security update for Newtonsoft.Json (GHSA-5crp-9r3c-p9vr)

high Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 410773

Description

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

 - Newtonsoft.Json before version 13.0.1 is affected by a mishandling of exceptional conditions
 vulnerability. Crafted data that is passed to the JsonConvert.DeserializeObject method may trigger a
 StackOverflow exception resulting in denial of service. Depending on the usage of the library, an
 unauthenticated and remote attacker may be able to cause the denial of service condition. (CVE-2024-21907)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-5crp-9r3c-p9vr

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 410773

Version: Revision 1.7

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: 5.7

Percentile: 96.54

Vendor

Vendor Severity: High

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.1

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-21907

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.7

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:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/22/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/22/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-21907

cwe: CWE-755