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SCA: security update for file-type (GHSA-mhxj-85r3-2x55)

medium Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 416987

Description

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

 - An issue was discovered in the file-type package before 16.5.4 and 17.x before 17.1.3 for Node.js. A
 malformed MKV file could cause the file type detector to get caught in an infinite loop. This would make
 the application become unresponsive and could be used to cause a DoS attack. (CVE-2022-36313)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-mhxj-85r3-2x55

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 416987

Version: Revision 1.9

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: 3

Percentile: 23.18

Vendor

Vendor Severity: High

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.9

Temporal Score: 3.6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-36313

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Temporal Score: 4.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/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: 7/22/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/21/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-36313

cwe: CWE-835