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SCA: security update for katex (GHSA-cg87-wmx4-v546)

high Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 413887

Description

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

 - KaTeX is a fast, easy-to-use JavaScript library for TeX math rendering on the web. KaTeX users who render
 untrusted mathematical expressions with `renderToString` could encounter malicious input using `\htmlData`
 that runs arbitrary JavaScript, or generate invalid HTML. Users are advised to upgrade to KaTeX v0.16.21
 to remove this vulnerability. Users unable to upgrade should avoid use of or turn off the `trust` option,
 or set it to forbid `\htmlData` commands, forbid inputs containing the substring `"\\htmlData"` and
 sanitize HTML output from KaTeX. (CVE-2025-23207)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-cg87-wmx4-v546

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 413887

Version: Revision 1.11

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: 2.3

Percentile: 9.14

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Medium

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.4

Temporal Score: 4.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-23207

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.2

Temporal Score: 6.3

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

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

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 1/17/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/17/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-23207