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SCA: security update for xml2js (GHSA-776f-qx25-q3cc)

medium Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 411887

Description

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

 - xml2js version 0.4.23 allows an external attacker to edit or add new properties to an object. This is
 possible because the application does not properly validate incoming JSON keys, thus allowing the
 __proto__ property to be edited. (CVE-2023-0842)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-776f-qx25-q3cc

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 411887

Version: Revision 1.5

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: 1.2

Percentile: 0.01

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Medium

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-2023-0842

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.3

Temporal Score: 4.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/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: 4/5/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/5/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-0842