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SCA: security update for yargs-parser (GHSA-p9pc-299p-vxgp)

medium Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 417429

Description

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

 - yargs-parser could be tricked into adding or modifying properties of Object.prototype using a "__proto__"
 payload. (CVE-2020-7608)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-p9pc-299p-vxgp

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 417429

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: Low

Score: 2.8

Percentile: 22.22

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Medium

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.6

Temporal Score: 3.6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-7608

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.3

Temporal Score: 4.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

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: 3/16/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-7608