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SCA: security update for ua-parser-js (GHSA-78cj-fxph-m83p)

high Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 411936

Description

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

 - ua-parser-js >= 0.7.14, fixed in 0.7.24, uses a regular expression which is vulnerable to denial of
 service. If an attacker sends a malicious User-Agent header, ua-parser-js will get stuck processing it for
 an extended period of time. (CVE-2021-27292)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-78cj-fxph-m83p

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 411936

Version: Revision 1.4

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: 23.18

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:N/A:P

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-27292

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:N/A:H

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

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/6/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/17/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-27292

cwe: CWE-400