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SCA: security update for qs (GHSA-jjv7-qpx3-h62q)

critical Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 422373

Description

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

 - The qs module before 1.0.0 in Node.js does not call the compact function for array data, which allows
 remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) by using a large index value to create
 a sparse array. (CVE-2014-7191)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-jjv7-qpx3-h62q

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 422373

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: 57.12

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-2014-7191

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.5

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:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/24/2017

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/6/2014

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2014-7191

BID: 70113

cwe: CWE-400