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SCA: security update for browserify-shim (GHSA-866w-wm4h-95c6)

critical Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 421775

Description

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

 - Prototype pollution vulnerability in function resolveShims in resolve-shims.js in thlorenz browserify-shim
 3.8.15 via the k variable in resolve-shims.js. (CVE-2022-37617)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-866w-wm4h-95c6

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 421775

Version: Revision 1.5

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: 57.15

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Critical

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-37617

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: 10/12/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/11/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-37617