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SCA: security update for slpjs (GHSA-425c-ccf3-3jrr)

medium Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 423555

Description

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

 - A specially crafted Bitcoin script can cause a discrepancy between the specified SLP consensus rules and
 the validation result of the slpjs npm package. An attacker could create a specially crafted Bitcoin
 script in order to cause a hard-fork from the SLP consensus. Affected users can upgrade to any version >=
 0.21.4. (CVE-2019-16762)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-425c-ccf3-3jrr

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 423555

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: 4.3

Percentile: 53.04

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Critical

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.9

Temporal Score: 3.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-16762

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.1

Temporal Score: 5.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:N/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: 11/15/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/15/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-16762

cwe: CWE-20