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SCA: security update for fastify (GHSA-mq6c-fh97-4gwv)

high Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 421892

Description

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

 - Fastify node module before 0.38.0 is vulnerable to a denial-of-service attack by sending a request with
 "Content-Type: application/json" and a very large payload. (CVE-2018-3711)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-mq6c-fh97-4gwv

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 421892

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: 3.9

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2018-3711

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.7

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:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/18/2018

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/25/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-3711