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SCA: security update for kill-by-port (GHSA-mm4f-47ch-f7hx)

high Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 417022

Description

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

 - This affects the package kill-by-port before 0.0.2. If (attacker-controlled) user input is given to the
 killByPort function, it is possible for an attacker to execute arbitrary commands. This is due to use of
 the child_process exec function without input sanitization. (CVE-2021-23363)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-mm4f-47ch-f7hx

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 417022

Version: Revision 1.5

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: Medium

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 5.1

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-23363

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 7.9

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/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: 4/13/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/30/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-23363

cwe: CWE-77