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SCA: security update for mathjs (GHSA-x2fc-mxcx-w4mf)

high Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 420218

Description

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

 - The package mathjs before 7.5.1 are vulnerable to Prototype Pollution via the deepExtend function that
 runs upon configuration updates. (CVE-2020-7743)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-x2fc-mxcx-w4mf

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 420218

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: Low

Score: 2.8

Percentile: 22.22

Vendor

Vendor Severity: High

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.9

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-7743

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.3

Temporal Score: 6.6

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/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: 5/10/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/13/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-7743

cwe: CWE-915