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SCA: security update for nconf (GHSA-6xwr-q98w-rvg7)

high Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 411719

Description

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

 - This affects the package nconf before 0.11.4. When using the memory engine, it is possible to store a
 nested JSON representation of the configuration. The .set() function, that is responsible for setting the
 configuration properties, is vulnerable to Prototype Pollution. By providing a crafted property, it is
 possible to modify the properties on the Object.prototype. (CVE-2022-21803)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-6xwr-q98w-rvg7

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 411719

Version: Revision 1.5

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 1/23/2025

Updated: 6/1/2026

Supported Sensors: Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.18

Vendor

Vendor Severity: High

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.9

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-21803

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:H/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/13/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/12/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-21803