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SCA: security update for @xmldom/xmldom (GHSA-9pgh-qqpf-7wqj)

critical Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 413394

Description

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

 - A prototype pollution vulnerability exists in the function copy in dom.js in the xmldom (published as
 @xmldom/xmldom) package before 0.8.3 for Node.js via the p variable. NOTE: the vendor states "we are in
 the process of marking this report as invalid"; however, some third parties takes the position that "A
 prototype injection/Prototype pollution is not just when global objects are polluted with recursive merge
 or deep cloning but also when a target object is polluted." (CVE-2022-37616)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-9pgh-qqpf-7wqj

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 413394

Version: Revision 1.7

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: 57.12

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Critical

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-37616

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: 10/11/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/11/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-37616