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SCA: security update for mongoose (GHSA-vg7j-7cwx-8wgw)

critical Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 419322

Description

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

 - Mongoose before 8.9.5 can improperly use a nested $where filter with a populate() match, leading to search
 injection. NOTE: this issue exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2024-53900. (CVE-2025-23061)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-vg7j-7cwx-8wgw

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 419322

Version: Revision 1.11

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 1/23/2025

Updated: 6/1/2026

Supported Sensors: Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.9

Percentile: 57.75

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Critical

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-23061

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: 1/15/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/15/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-23061

cwe: CWE-94