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SCA: security update for ms (GHSA-w9mr-4mfr-499f)

medium Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 419847

Description

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

 - A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in vercel ms up to 1.x. This issue
 affects the function parse of the file index.js. The manipulation of the argument str leads to inefficient
 regular expression complexity. The attack may be initiated remotely. The exploit has been disclosed to the
 public and may be used. Upgrading to version 2.0.0 is able to address this issue. The patch is named
 caae2988ba2a37765d055c4eee63d383320ee662. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component. The
 associated identifier of this vulnerability is VDB-217451. (CVE-2017-20162)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-w9mr-4mfr-499f

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 419847

Version: Revision 1.6

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 1/23/2025

Updated: 7/20/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 1.2

Percentile: 0.01

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Medium

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 3.5

Temporal Score: 2.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2017-20162

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.3

Temporal Score: 4.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/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: 1/5/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/5/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-20162