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SCA: security update for hermes-engine (GHSA-mph8-6787-r8hw)

critical Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 417059

Description

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

 - A use after free in hermes, while emitting certain error messages, prior to commit
 d86e185e485b6330216dee8e854455c694e3a36e 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-2021-24037)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-mph8-6787-r8hw

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 417059

Version: Revision 1.4

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: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-24037

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: 6/15/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-24037

cwe: CWE-416