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SCA: security update for node.extend (GHSA-r96c-57pf-9jjm)

critical Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 422885

Description

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

 - A prototype pollution vulnerability was found in node.extend <1.1.7, ~<2.0.1 that allows an attacker to
 inject arbitrary properties onto Object.prototype. (CVE-2018-16491)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-r96c-57pf-9jjm

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 422885

Version: Revision 1.4

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: 57.15

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Critical

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.9

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2018-16491

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.8

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:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2/7/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/1/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-16491

cwe: CWE-400