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SCA: security update for content (GHSA-x6wp-rfwh-hcx7)

high Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 421841

Description

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

 - The content module is a module to parse HTTP Content-* headers. It is used by the hapijs framework to
 provide this functionality. The module is vulnerable to regular expression denial of service when passed a
 specifically crafted Content-Type or Content-Disposition header. (CVE-2017-16111)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-x6wp-rfwh-hcx7

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 421841

Version: Revision 1.4

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: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.18

Vendor

Vendor Severity: High

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2017-16111

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/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: 7/24/2018

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/12/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-16111

cwe: CWE-400