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SCA: security update for katex (GHSA-64fm-8hw2-v72w)

medium Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 411174

Description

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

 - KaTeX is a JavaScript library for TeX math rendering on the web. KaTeX users who render untrusted
 mathematical expressions could encounter malicious input using `\edef` that causes a near-infinite loop,
 despite setting `maxExpand` to avoid such loops. This can be used as an availability attack, where e.g. a
 client rendering another user's KaTeX input will be unable to use the site due to memory overflow, tying
 up the main thread, or stack overflow. Upgrade to KaTeX v0.16.10 to remove this vulnerability.
 (CVE-2024-28243)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-64fm-8hw2-v72w

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 411174

Version: Revision 1.11

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: 23.5

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Medium

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-28243

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 5.7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/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: 3/25/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/25/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-28243