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SCA: security update for auth0-js (GHSA-prfq-f66g-43mp)

medium Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 423018

Description

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

 - auth0.js (NPM package auth0-js) greater than version 8.0.0 and before version 9.12.3 has a vulnerability.
 In the case of an (authentication) error, the error object returned by the library contains the original
 request of the user, which may include the plaintext password the user entered. If the error object is
 exposed or logged without modification, the application risks password exposure. This is fixed in version
 9.12.3 (CVE-2020-5263)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-prfq-f66g-43mp

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 423018

Version: Revision 1.3

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 3/29/2025

Updated: 1/28/2026

Supported Sensors: Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.18

Vendor

Vendor Severity: High

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4

Temporal Score: 3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-5263

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.9

Temporal Score: 4.3

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/10/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/9/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-5263

cwe: CWE-522