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SCA: security update for drupal/core (GHSA-rjqg-3h9m-fx5x)

high Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 421577

Description

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

 - In certain scenarios, Drupal's JSON:API module will output error backtraces. With some configurations,
 this may cause sensitive information to be cached and made available to anonymous users, leading to
 privilege escalation. This vulnerability only affects sites with the JSON:API module enabled, and can be
 mitigated by uninstalling JSON:API. The core REST and contributed GraphQL modules are not affected.
 (CVE-2023-5256)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-rjqg-3h9m-fx5x

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 421577

Version: Revision 1.8

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: 57.58

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Critical

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.1

Temporal Score: 5.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-5256

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/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: 9/28/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/20/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-5256

cwe: CWE-200