Detections
Analytics

SCA: security update for @pnpm/cafs, @pnpm/exe, @pnpm/linux-arm64, @pnpm/linux-x64, @pnpm/linuxstatic-arm64, @pnpm/macos-arm64, @pnpm/macos-x64, @pnpm/win-x64, pnpm (GHSA-5r98-f33j-g8h7)

critical Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 411002

Description

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

 - pnpm is a package manager. It is possible to construct a tarball that, when installed via npm or parsed by
 the registry is safe, but when installed via pnpm is malicious, due to how pnpm parses tar archives. This
 can result in a package that appears safe on the npm registry or when installed via npm being replaced
 with a compromised or malicious version when installed via pnpm. This issue has been patched in version(s)
 7.33.4 and 8.6.8. (CVE-2023-37478)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-5r98-f33j-g8h7

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 411002

Version: Revision 1.10

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: 4.9

Percentile: 57.88

Vendor

Vendor Severity: High

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-37478

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.5

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:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/1/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/1/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-37478

cwe: CWE-284