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SCA: security update for github.com/Masterminds/vcs (GHSA-6635-c626-vj4r)

critical Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 411229

Description

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

 - The package github.com/masterminds/vcs before 1.13.3 are vulnerable to Command Injection via argument
 injection. When hg is executed, argument strings are passed to hg in a way that additional flags can be
 set. The additional flags can be used to perform a command injection. (CVE-2022-21235)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-6635-c626-vj4r

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 411229

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: Medium

Score: 4.9

Percentile: 57.15

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Critical

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-21235

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: 4/1/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/1/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-21235