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SCA: security update for mkdocs-include-markdown-plugin (GHSA-v39m-5m9j-m9w9)

medium Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 435454

Description

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

 - mkdocs-include-markdown-plugin is an Mkdocs Markdown includer plugin. In versions 7.1.7 and below, there
 is a vulnerability where unvalidated input can collide with substitution placeholders. This issue is fixed
 in version 7.1.8. (CVE-2025-59940)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-v39m-5m9j-m9w9

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 435454

Version: Revision 1.9

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 9/29/2025

Updated: 7/2/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 2.1

Percentile: 7.46

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Medium

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.4

Temporal Score: 4.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-59940

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 5.7

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

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

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/29/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/29/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-59940

cwe: CWE-20