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SCA: security update for convict (GHSA-x2w5-725j-gf2g)

critical Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 420232

Description

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

 - The package convict before 6.2.2 are vulnerable to Prototype Pollution via the convict function due to
 missing validation of parentKey. **Note:** This vulnerability derives from an incomplete fix of another
 [vulnerability](https://security.snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JS-CONVICT-1062508) (CVE-2022-22143)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-x2w5-725j-gf2g

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 420232

Version: Revision 1.6

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: Medium

Score: 4.9

Percentile: 57.15

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-2022-22143

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.8

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:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/20/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/20/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-22143