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SCA: security update for @cyclonedx/cdxgen (GHSA-hxf3-vgpm-fv9p)

high Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 421309

Description

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

 - CycloneDX cdxgen through 10.10.7, when run against an untrusted codebase, may execute code contained
 within build-related files such as build.gradle.kts, a similar issue to CVE-2022-24441. cdxgen is used by,
 for example, OWASP dep-scan. NOTE: this has been characterized as a design limitation, rather than an
 implementation mistake. (CVE-2024-50611)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-hxf3-vgpm-fv9p

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 421309

Version: Revision 1.6

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 3/28/2025

Updated: 7/2/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.9

Percentile: 57.49

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Medium

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.9

Temporal Score: 4.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-50611

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.2

Temporal Score: 6.3

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

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

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.1

Threat Score: 4

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:U

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

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/28/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/27/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-50611

cwe: CWE-94