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SCA: security update for stringstream (GHSA-mf6x-7mm4-x2g7)

medium Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 423293

Description

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

 - Versions less than 0.0.6 of the Node.js stringstream module are vulnerable to an out-of-bounds read
 because of allocation of uninitialized buffers when a number is passed in the input stream (when using
 Node.js 4.x). (CVE-2018-21270)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-mf6x-7mm4-x2g7

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 423293

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: Low

Score: 3.5

Percentile: 51.63

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Medium

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.8

Temporal Score: 4.5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2018-21270

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 5.9

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/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: 6/20/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/20/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-21270

cwe: CWE-125