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SCA: security update for kill-port (GHSA-pmv6-gf98-p3r5)

high Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 422075

Description

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

 - If an attacker can control the port, which in itself is a very sensitive value, they can inject arbitrary
 OS commands due to the usage of the exec function in a third-party module kill-port < 1.3.2.
 (CVE-2019-5414)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-pmv6-gf98-p3r5

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 422075

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: Medium

Score: 4.9

Percentile: 57.15

Vendor

Vendor Severity: High

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9.3

Temporal Score: 7.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-5414

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.1

Temporal Score: 7.3

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/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: 3/25/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/17/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-5414

cwe: CWE-77