SCA: security update for kerberos (GHSA-m2mx-rfpw-jghv)

high Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 416660

Description

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

- The kerberos package before 1.0.0 for Node.js allows arbitrary code execution and privilege escalation via
injection of malicious DLLs through use of the kerberos_sspi LoadLibrary() method, because of a DLL path
search. (CVE-2020-13110)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-m2mx-rfpw-jghv

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 416660

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: 57.12

Vendor

Vendor Severity: High

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.9

Temporal Score: 5.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-13110

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/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: 9/4/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/16/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-13110

cwe: CWE-427