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SCA: security update for switcher-client (GHSA-wqxw-8h5g-hq56)

high Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 420083

Description

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

 - Switcher Client is a JavaScript SDK to work with Switcher API which is cloud-based Feature Flag.
 Unsanitized input flows into Strategy match operation (EXIST), where it is used to build a regular
 expression. This may result in a Regular expression Denial of Service attack (reDOS). This issue has been
 patched in version 3.1.4. As a workaround, avoid using Strategy settings that use REGEX in conjunction
 with EXIST and NOT_EXIST operations. (CVE-2023-23925)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-wqxw-8h5g-hq56

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 420083

Version: Revision 1.5

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: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.51

Vendor

Vendor Severity: High

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 5.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-23925

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/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: 2/2/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/2/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-23925