SCA: security update for express-fileupload (GHSA-9wcg-jrwf-8gg7)

critical Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 413509

Description

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

- This affects the package express-fileupload before 1.1.8. If the parseNested option is enabled, sending a
corrupt HTTP request can lead to denial of service or arbitrary code execution. (CVE-2020-7699)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-9wcg-jrwf-8gg7

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 413509

Version: Revision 1.3

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

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.9

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-7699

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.8

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:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/5/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/30/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-7699