SCA: security update for base-x (GHSA-xq7p-g2vc-g82p)

high Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 425777

Description

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

- base-x is a base encoder and decoder of any given alphabet using bitcoin style leading zero compression.
Versions 4.0.0, 5.0.0, and all prior to 3.0.11, are vulnerable to attackers potentially deceiving users
into sending funds to an unintended address. This issue has been patched in versions 3.0.11, 4.0.1, and
5.0.1. (CVE-2025-27611)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-xq7p-g2vc-g82p

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 425777

Version: Revision 1.9

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 4/30/2025

Updated: 6/1/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.66

Vendor

Vendor Severity: High

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 5.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-27611

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:N/I:H/A:N

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

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.7

Threat Score: 6.6

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:U

Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/30/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/30/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-27611