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SCA: security update for zx (GHSA-qwp8-x4ff-5h87)

low Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 420817

Description

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

 - zx is a tool for writing better scripts. An attacker with control over environment variable values can
 inject unintended environment variables into `process.env`. This can lead to arbitrary command execution
 or unexpected behavior in applications that rely on environment variables for security-sensitive
 operations. Applications that process untrusted input and pass it through `dotenv.stringify` are
 particularly vulnerable. This issue has been patched in version 8.3.2. Users should immediately upgrade to
 this version to mitigate the vulnerability. If upgrading is not feasible, users can mitigate the
 vulnerability by sanitizing user-controlled environment variable values before passing them to
 `dotenv.stringify`. Specifically, avoid using `"`, `'`, and backticks in values, or enforce strict
 validation of environment variables before usage. (CVE-2025-24959)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-qwp8-x4ff-5h87

Plugin Details

Severity: Low

ID: 420817

Version: Revision 1.16

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 2/4/2025

Updated: 7/2/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.62

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Medium

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Temporal Score: 4.1

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-24959

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.2

Temporal Score: 4.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 1

Threat Score: 0.1

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:U

Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:A/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2/3/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/3/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-24959

cwe: CWE-74