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SCA: security update for passport-azure-ad (GHSA-73jp-3c67-hjfv)

high Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 423045

Description

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

 - The Microsoft Azure Active Directory Passport (aka Passport-Azure-AD) library 1.x before 1.4.6 and 2.x
 before 2.0.1 for Node.js does not recognize the validateIssuer setting, which allows remote attackers to
 bypass authentication via a crafted token. (CVE-2016-7191)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-73jp-3c67-hjfv

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 423045

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: 6.9

Percentile: 97.36

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2016-7191

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.1

Temporal Score: 7.7

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

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

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/26/2018

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/28/2016

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-7191

BID: 93213

cwe: CWE-287