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SCA: security update for tree-kill (GHSA-884p-74jh-xrg2)

critical Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 412533

Description

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

 - A Code Injection exists in tree-kill on Windows which allows a remote code execution when an attacker is
 able to control the input into the command. (CVE-2019-15599)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-884p-74jh-xrg2

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 412533

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: Medium

Score: 4.9

Percentile: 57.15

Vendor

Vendor Severity: High

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-15599

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: 9/4/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/18/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-15599

cwe: CWE-94