SCA: security update for apex-publish-static-files (GHSA-9jm3-5835-537m)

critical Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 422822

Description

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

- A command injection vulnerability in the apex-publish-static-files npm module version <2.0.1 which allows
arbitrary shell command execution through a maliciously crafted argument. (CVE-2018-16462)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-9jm3-5835-537m

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 422822

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: 5

Percentile: 95.09

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Critical

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2018-16462

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 9

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/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: 11/1/2018

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/30/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-16462

cwe: CWE-77