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SCA: security update for hermes-engine (GHSA-f5x2-xv93-4p23)

critical Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 414306

Description

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

 - A type confusion vulnerability when resolving properties of JavaScript objects with specially-crafted
 prototype chains in Facebook Hermes prior to commit fe52854cdf6725c2eaa9e125995da76e6ceb27da allows
 attackers to potentially execute arbitrary code via crafted JavaScript. Note that this is only exploitable
 if the application using Hermes permits evaluation of untrusted JavaScript. Hence, most React Native
 applications are not affected. (CVE-2020-1911)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-f5x2-xv93-4p23

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 414306

Version: Revision 1.6

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: Critical

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-1911

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: 5/24/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/4/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-1911

cwe: CWE-843