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SCA: security update for jekyll (GHSA-4xjh-m3qx-49wc)

high Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 423451

Description

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

 - Jekyll through 3.6.2, 3.7.x through 3.7.3, and 3.8.x through 3.8.3 allows attackers to access arbitrary
 files by specifying a symlink in the "include" key in the "_config.yml" file. (CVE-2018-17567)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-4xjh-m3qx-49wc

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 423451

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: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.18

Vendor

Vendor Severity: High

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2018-17567

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/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: 9/28/2018

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/28/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-17567

cwe: CWE-59