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SCA: security update for nokogiri (GHSA-fr52-4hqw-p27f)

critical Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 422803

Description

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

 - xpointer.c in libxml2 before 2.9.5 (as used in Apple iOS before 10, OS X before 10.12, tvOS before 10, and
 watchOS before 3, and other products) does not forbid namespace nodes in XPointer ranges, which allows
 remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (use-after-free and memory
 corruption) via a crafted XML document. (CVE-2016-4658)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-fr52-4hqw-p27f

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 422803

Version: Revision 1.3

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 3/29/2025

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: Critical

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2016-4658

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: 8/21/2018

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/7/2016

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-4658

BID: 93054

cwe: CWE-119